NNPA Newswire — Over the course of the program, each publisher will receive coaching to address their organization’s path to business growth, including improving digital publishing tools and advertising capabilities and developing new digital skillsets.
28 Black and Latino Publishers Selected to Participate in the GNI Ad Transformation Lab
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Ford Launches 2021 F-150 with New Lifestyle Campaign Featuring ‘Club Quarantine’ DJ D-Nice
NNPA Newswire — “The ‘More Than Tough’ campaign recognizes and celebrates the spirit of American ingenuity,” said Dibrie Guerrero, multicultural marketing manager, Ford Motor Company.
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Traveling While Black? Head to the Curacao and Bonaire
NNPA Newswire — In Curacao, the natives boast that “no matter where you go, you’ll be surrounded by beautiful people, places, and things.”
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Apple launches major new Racial Equity and Justice Initiative projects to challenge systemic racism, advance racial equity nationwide
NNPA Newswire — Together, Apple’s REJI commitments aim to expand opportunities for communities of color across the country and to help build the next generation of diverse leaders, the tech giant said in a news release.
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Congresswoman Maxine Waters’ Warnings to U.S. Capitol Police Chief Were Ignored
NNPA Newswire — “I do believe that charges against the president should be pursued,” stated Congresswoman Waters during the live Jan. 12 interview, broadcast over the social media platforms of the Black Press of America.
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A Georgia HBCU Remains Committed to Providing a Pipeline of STEM Degree Students
NNPA Newswire — Launched 34 years ago by Dr. Isaac J. Crumbly, CDEP offers minorities and women the opportunity to pursue dual degrees in STEM disciplines.
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Joint Center – Black Voters Should See Themselves in Congressional Staff
Joint Center — While we saw marginal improvement in senior staff diversity after the election in 2018, the lack of diversity among senior congressional staff of both parties is longstanding.
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An open fund for projects debunking vaccine misinformation
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines is exacerbating a perennial problem of misinformation about immunization. To support additional debunking efforts, the Google News Initiative is launching a COVID-19 Vaccine Counter-Misinformation Open Fund worth up to $3 million. While the COVID-19 infodemic has been global in nature, misinformation has also been weaponized to target specific populations. Some of the available research also suggests that the audiences coming across misinformation and those seeking fact checks don’t necessarily overlap.
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Rep. Maxine Waters Warned Police Chief of Violence Eight Days Before Attack on U.S. Capitol
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Congresswoman Maxine Waters is looking for answers to exactly how the U.S. Capitol’s security was breached by an angry violent mob of Donald Trump’s supporters on January 6.
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Congress Seeks Trump Removal, Introduces Impeachment Measures
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Congress introduced an impeachment article against Trump on Monday for “incitement of insurrection” when his supporters violently breached the Capitol last Wednesday. The measure, which has more than 200 co-sponsors, says Trump “gravely endangered the United States’ security and its institutions of government.”
