The Future of Media, a customized magazine McBride added as the media landscape becomes more crowded, transparency becomes more important to the consumer then 'the traditional value of independence.' 'This paper already seems to have a point of view and this hire makes a lot of sense.' 'Journalism is moving towards more partisan coverage,' said Kelly McBride vice president at Poynter, a media studies Institute. The hiring of a reporter who is associated with an activist group is also notable. Related: NYT reporter criticized for tweeting sexual taunt to female critic The hiring of King indicates a shift for the Daily News, which has prided itself as 'New York's Hometown Paper.' Rich's announcement said that King would remain in Atlanta. 'It is horrifying to me that my most personal information, for the most nefarious reasons, has been forced out into the open and that my private past and pain have been used as jokes and fodder to discredit me and the greater movement for justice in America,' King responded at the time. The Daily News ran a story reporting on the firestorm. One such battle happened this summer when King's claim to being African-American was questioned in a story on. Related: Los Angeles Times memo fails to ease layoff fears 'Not only have they taught me so much about the industry, they've had my back through so many battles this past year.' I always will,' King wrote on his Facebook page Friday. 'I love Daily Kos and think of the team there as my family. King rose to prominence over the last year as a columnist at the liberal blog the Daily Kos and as an eminent voice in the Black Lives Matter movement commenting on police brutality. Related: Mike Lupica out at the Daily News? Not so fast We have started Black History Month off in pre-historic South Africa or in early African Kingdoms to show the true depth and breadth and beauty of blackness or we start off in present day and work ourselves backwards, introducing children first to healthy, relevant, modern examples of black leaders before we move through slavery then back to Africa.Įither way, Black History Month must never begin or end with slavery.'I'll be starting at the Daily News later this month and plan on going harder than ever to expose injustice for the print and online editions,' King said on Facebook. In our house, and in my wife's classroom, we've taken two different approaches to Black History Month. When young white students first see that historical heroes who look like them were the glorious leaders of the world and that the first black people they learn about were owned like property and lived as mindless slaves picking cotton, what impact do you think that has on their worldview? Of course, the trans-Atlantic slave trade is an important piece in the total history of the African Diaspora, but starting it off there strikes me as a suspicious form of white supremacy. They may learn about Abe Lincoln or Lewis and Clark, but (white) history never begins or ends with horror or pain. From there students are likely to learn about Michelangelo, Mozart, or Galileo.

The earliest white people that young students of all races learn about are world travelers, inventors, and American presidents like Christopher Columbus, Ben Franklin, and George Washington.

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