The Journalist and the Activist: the legacies of Julian Bond and Gene Patterson
Julian Bond of the Georgia state legislature and civil rights leader is seen in 1968.…
August 18, 2015
Eugene Patterson
Why you should know the work of Claude Sitton – reporter
Claude SittonI noted with sadness the death of a great American journalist, Claude Sitton, who…
March 11, 2015
How the Southern press foiled FBI’s attempt to smear MLK
Is it possible that we have to thank the white Southern press of the 1960s…
November 25, 2014
The short shelf life of today’s heroes, in sports and in journalism
Michael Wilbon was on ESPN radio discussing Lance Armstrong and Manti Te’o when he posed…
January 22, 2013
4 lessons for media leaders from Martin Luther King Jr. and Gene Patterson
Martin Luther King Day 2013 occurs a day after memorial services for Eugene Patterson, an…
January 21, 2013
Flashback: Martin Luther King Jr.’s letter to southern editor Gene Patterson
Originally published January 19, 2003, this essay by Roy Peter Clark describes the relationship between…
January 21, 2013
Gene Patterson’s final thoughts on journalism: ‘Get over the pain, new stuff happens’
In late November 2012, Eugene Patterson, who died Saturday, prepared his thoughts about journalism in…
January 13, 2013
Journalists remember the late Eugene Patterson
Legendary newspaper editor Eugene Patterson died Saturday night at 89. As former editor of the…
January 13, 2013
Former editor, Poynter chairman Eugene Patterson dies at 89
Tampa Bay Times | Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Associated Press | The Washington Post | The…
January 13, 2013