Award winning journalist Howard Witt announced that he has left the Chicago Tribune. Witt came to national prominence for his reporting of race related stories in Paris, Texas and Jena, Louisiana in 2007. The Pulitzer Prize nominated Witt says that he is moving in a new direction. “After a quarter-century...
I wanted to share the contents of an email sent out by Color of Change Director of Grassroots Mobilization, James Rucker, to their massive member list regarding the plea of “No Contest” by the defendants in the “Jena 6” case late last week. Color of Change was at the forefront...
I received a text message out of Louisiana today late this afternoon: Mychal Bell arrested for shoplifting and assault for hitting a security guard with his elbow trying to get away. A quick check of the net proved my source was right on it. According to the News-Star out of...
Everything changed after this post. Everything changed after the Day of Blogging for Justice. It’s hard to believe, but when we blogged about the Jena Six at the end of August 2007, the national media still had not picked up on the story. On September 4th I wrote: One...
Today a visiting judge was supposed to decide whether or not Jena 6 Judge J.P. Mauffray had been biased in his treatment of the fiver remaining defendants. That judge has postponed the hearing until at least July. Howard Witt of the Chicago Tribune reports: Attorneys for the five remaining defendants...
From Color of Change.org – I will be updating you on the developments this Friday. Jena 6 Judge Put on Trial Lawyers Cite Clear Pattern of Bias, Demand Removal of Judge Mauffray Jena, LA–Citing powerful evidence of Judge J.P. Mauffray Jr.’s bias against them, five of the African-American youth known...
Color of Change Press Release Lawyers File Motion to Recuse Judge and DA—Putting State on Trial—Claiming Clear Pattern of Race Bias JENA, LA— Lawyers for the youngest of the Jena 6, Jesse Ray Beard, filed a motion today to remove Judge J.P. Mauffray Jr. and District Attorney Reed Walters from...
Dallas South and others are featured in an extensive article in the Philadelphia Tribune Magazine titled Blogger Nation. It is the cover story of their April edition. Click the link to see the Philly Tribune article BLOGGER NATION. The article that is put together by Heather Faison doesn’t break any...
It is my pleasure to congratulate Howard Witt for being a finalist for a 2008 Pulitzer Prize in Journalism. Howard, Southwest Bureau Chief of the Chicago Tribune, was a finalist in the category of National Reporting for his examination of racial issues in America. I count Mr. Witt as a friend of...
Howard Witt, forever on the case, let’s us know that one of the Jena 6 defendants has found himself in hot water after an incident at a Dallas area high school. Bryant Purvis, now 19, was arrested Wednesday in Carrollton and charged with misdemeanor assault. These are young men and...
