Tag: The Washington Post

Opinion

Through Perseverance, North Carolina A&T Journalism Major Lands Coveted Internship at The Washington Post

Lauren Mitchell could become a case study for how to successfully navigate the demands of college life. She also could serve as a reminder, especially to her fellow HBCU colleagues, that it is important to take advantage of every learning opportunity your university offers while also learning to believe in yourself, although every once and a while you might need a little nudge from a friend.

April 29, 2021

News Roundup

Virginia Military Institute Superintendent Peay Resigns

General J. H. Binford Peay III of Virginia Military Institute (VMI) resigned after his 17-year tenure, due to a report in The Washington Post about Black cadets and alumni facing racism. Now, state officials have ordered an outside investigation into VMI. Gov. Ralph Northam expressed his concerns in a letter written with other state officials […]

October 26, 2020

News Roundup

GWU President Apologizes for ‘Racially Insensitive’ Remark

George Washington University President Thomas LeBlanc has issued an apology for a remark he made comparing a majority support for fossil fuel divestment with majority support for “shooting all Black people,” reported The Washington Post. In a six minute video posted to Facebook, a first-year student approached LeBlanc and asked whether he would divest the […]

February 4, 2020

News Roundup

Tom Wolfe, Pioneering Journalist and Novelist, Dies at 88

Tom Wolfe, the influential writer whose unconventional, exuberant prose laid the foundation for so-called New Journalism and fueled his best-sellers The Right Stuff and The Bonfire of the Vanities, has died. He was 88. Lynn Nesbit, Wolfe’s agent, told the Associated Press that Wolfe died of an infection Monday in a hospital in Manhattan. Wolfe’s […]

May 16, 2018

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Simmons College to Name School for Late Journalist Gwen Ifill

Simmons College announced Tuesday the Gwen Ifill College of Media, Arts and Humanities in honor of Ifill, who graduated from the private Boston college with a communications degree in 1977.

November 14, 2017