Below are some of the articles, blog posts about or mentioning UNITY (not in any chronological order). I’ll keep updating this thread whenever I have net access.
The official convention news site (with RSS feed): unitynews.org
Jeff Winbush, thedailyvoice.com: “Blogging from the Unity Convention” and on his own site
Leila Noelliste, ChicagoDefender.com: “Minority journalists gather in Chicago for UNITY convention”
Jackie Jones, BlackAmericaWeb.com: “Minority Journalists Converge on Chicago for UNITY Convention; Obama Set to Speak Sunday”
Susan Chandler, Chicago Tribune: “Some journalists gather in hope; In a time when many media organizations are slashing staffs and downsizing their publications, the Unity convention in Chicago gives minorities a chance to talk”
Esther J. Cepeda, 600words.com: “The next extinct species: the Latino journalist”
NPR: “Journalists Of Color To Gather At UNITY”
Eric Deggans, St. Petersburg Times: “How to translate the total BS of Hollywood”
Streaming Magazine: “Cox Enterprises Offers Journalism Scholarships”
HispanicTips.com: “Journalists Of Color To Gather At UNITY – Chicago”
ABC7 Chicago: “Unity ’08 Conventions kicks off in Chicago”
Ray Hanania: “UNITY Pushes for diversity in mainstream media, but not in their own ranks”
USA Today: “Diversity in news media could falter”
Florida Courier: “Who should decide what’s news?”
Eric Deggans, TampaBay.com: “Taking on Jena, Jeremiah and Barack Obama at the UNITY conference”
Sree Sreenivasan, SAJAforum.org: “Unity Convention in Chicago hosts 6000 journalists”
Democracy Now: “Race, Politics and the Media: A Roundtable Discussion”
Black College Wire: “The Road to UNITY 2008“