Orlando Sentinel Editor Ousted in Restructuring

The Root ^ | August 10, 2013 | Richard Prince

[Uncle Chip]

Mark Russell, whose nearly three years as editor of the Orlando Sentinel were marked by coverage of the Trayvon Martin case and the hazing death of a marching band member at Florida A&M University, was ousted Wednesday in a reorganization that eliminated his job.

Russell was replaced by Avido Khahaifa [pdf], a corporate manager who is also African American and for whom the editor's job will be an additional role.

Both men were at the National Association of Black Journalists convention last week in nearby Kissimmee, Fla...........

[Uncle Chip]

A casualty of the Zimmerman acquittal??? Failure is not an option.

The Orlando Sentinel led the charge for the indictment and conviction of George Zimmerman with one-sided racially biased reporting that served ultimately to poison the jury pool in Seminole County.

Negative information about Zimmerman were dug up and amplified and always found a place in the paper, while anything negative about Trayvon Martin was screened and censored -- and still is to this day.

For over a year readers blamed the bias on the reporters, but now we see the reason for that racial animus in black and white and color.

[Hardastarboard]

Purges of Stalinist stooges are never pretty.

[dfwgator]

Mark Russell,

There is only one Mark Russell

[Iron Munro]

The fix is in

The fix is STILL in

[RightWingConspirator]

I, for one, won’t feel bad when this rag goes belly up.

[Uncle Chip]

Purges at the Orlando Sentinel

[Gaffer]

I don’t know about all you out there but I’m betting that whoever is pulling the strings down there got a twofer....black and Muslim....

[Venturer]

They are just replacing one racist bigot with another one.

[Vince Ferrer]

Some background...

Now The Brutal Bias From The Orlando Sentinel In The Zimmerman Case Makes Sense – The Editorial Review Was Full Frontal Racial Bias From Black Content Approvers….

[Uncle Chip]

Is there a hijab in the future for Rene Stutzman

[maggief]

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2013-07-29/news/os-trayvon-martin-parents-news-conference-20130727_1_trayvon-martin-sybrina-fulton-george-zimmerman

Trayvon Martin’s parents to join National Bar for news conference today
July 29, 2013

Fulton and Tracy Martin are also expected to speak Friday during the National Association of Black Journalists conference in Kissimmee.

Rev. Al Sharpton will also be in attendance and will lead a session Thursday about coverage of the controversial case. That session includes Orlando Sentinel editor Mark Russell as a panelist.

http://cmfmedia.org/2012/09/trayvon-martin-media-forum-91312/

Issues and Voices that Matter September 13, 2012
Trayvon Martin – Media Forum
Trayvon Martin – Media Forum (L/R- Francis Oliver, Susan Vernon-Devlin, Jennifer Bisram, and Mark Russell)
Hear a panel of CThe forum is conceived and hosted by the Central Florida Association of Black Journalists and held Saturday, August 11, 2012 in the sanctuary of Sanford’s New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church. It is moderated by association president, Daralene Jones, a reporter for WFTV/Channel 9.

(Note: Francis Oliver is Natalie Jackson’s mother)

http://fsne.org/news/2013/03/15/orlando-sentinel-wins-top-national-award-for-series-on-trayvon-martin-shooting-death/

News outlets from around the world covered marches and rallies in Sanford sparked by Trayvon’s death, but Russell said a diverse team of Sentinel staffers was asked to take a deeper look at how Central Florida is affected by race.

Russell said a goal of the series was to prompt conversations about race, stereotypes and the state’s “stand your ground” law.

In addition to the series, the Sentinel hosted a forum on race relations at the New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in Sanford. More than 200 people attended.

[DeFault User]

Not only was the Trayvon Martin bias projected, hyped and overblown, Obama scandals, if reported at all, were relegated to inside pages with minimal coverage.

[fella]

The black racists are far more powerful in their community than the KKK/Democrats ever were and operate right out in the open with government support.

[Uncle Chip]

There is only one Mark Russell

If that's true then he must have a dark side.

[Old Sarge]

The Media Bias: It’s Real, It’s Widespread, It’s Destructive

~ Larry Elder, The Ten Things You Can’t Say In America

[Bogey78O]

Yes, but they hope this one is more successful. You can be as loyal as possible but the Soviets would still shoot you if you failed or retreated.

[Uncle Chip]

The Sentinel staff in March won the Freedom Forum/American Society of News Editors Award for Distinguished Writing on Diversity in the aftermath of the Martin case ... and the Sentinel was also a Pulitzer Prize finalist this year in the local news category....

and they still purge their award-winning editor. LOL

That tells you what those awards are worth.

[ken5050]

Mark Russell can’t read and write cursive..

[Beagle8U]

Mr Russel left to start a band...Creepy and the Ass Crackers.

[maggief]

“The Sentinel staff in March won the Freedom Forum/American Society of News Editors Award for Distinguished Writing on Diversity in the aftermath of the Martin case”

Ugh! Melanie Sill of Duke Lacrosse fame/frame.

http://asne.org/content.asp?pl=24&sl=23&contentid=23

Officers

President
David Boardman
Dean of the School of Media and Communication
Temple University

Vice President
Chris Peck
Editor
The Riverton (Wyo.) Ranger

Secretary
Pam Fine
Knight Chair for News, Leadership and Community
The University of Kansas, Lawrence

Treasurer
Mizell Stewart III
Vice President/Content, Newspaper Division
The E.W. Scripps Co., Cincinnati

Board of Directors

Debra Adams Simmons,
The Plain Dealer, Cleveland
Nancy Barnes, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Amanda Bennett, Bloomberg News, New York
Jim Brady, Digital First Media, New York
Neil Brown, Tampa Bay (Fla.) Times
Alfredo Carbajal, Al Día, Dallas
Lucy Dalglish, Philip Merril College of Journalism, University of Maryland

Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica, New York
Manny Garcia, El Nuevo Herald, Miami
Susan Goldberg, Bloomberg News, New York
Anders Gyllenhaal,
McClatchy Washington Bureau
Karen Magnuson, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Dori Maynard, Maynard Institute
Michael Oreskes, The Associated Press, New York
Emily Ramshaw, The Texas Tribune
Melanie Sill, Southern California Public Radio, Pasadena
George Stanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Robyn Tomlin, Digital First Media, New York