Dori Maynard, president of the Maynard Institute, journalist and an advocate and educator for diversity in journalism, died on Tuesday from lung cancer. Here’s a Storify of some of the comments and tweets from journalists about Maynard’s life and work.
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Remembering Dori Maynard: ‘All journalists past, present and future should know her work’
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