CodeNow Teaching Inner-City Teens How to Code and Program
Technology has become imperative in children’s education today. CodeNow, a non-profit organization that provides free computer science education to inner-city youth recognizes that. CodeNow is a Washington, D.C. based program that targets high school students between the ages of 15 and 18 to low-income students, as well as girls and other minority groups that are [...]
Read MoreTech Industry’s Diversity Problem Starts in College — and Earlier
“The pipeline problem.” That’s the catch-all phrase that keeps coming up in discussions of diversity in Silicon Valley. Tech companies say they’d love to hire more women and minorities, but that too few qualified candidates are graduating with technical degrees. That leaves them choosing from an applicant pool that is largely white, male and Asian. “We [...]
Read MoreWhen Tweeting Can Cost You Your Job, What About Retweets?
Last week, The Associated Press updated its social media guidelines to address the issue of retweets. Since then, the new guidelines’ concern with bias and objectivity sparked much online debate from reporters, social media enthusiasts, and media critics alike. David Carr of The New York Times Media Decoder blog tweeted: “AP to staff: Don’t retweet anything with an [...]
Read MoreJoel Dreyfuss Steps Down as The Root’s Managing Editor, Sheryl Huggins Salomon to Take His Place
The Root’s managing editor, Joel Dreyfuss is stepping down after two successful years at the African-American news site. Dreyfuss made the hard decision to leave to pursue publishing a book on the history of Haiti and his family’s role in it while living in Paris. “This has been a difficult decision because I love The [...]
Read MoreTheUrbanDaily.com Honors Influential Black Men With New Web Feature, “The G-List”
Interactive One’s entertainment and culture website, TheUrbanDaily.com, introduces a web feature called the G-List that profiles influential black men who have contributed to shaping different industries. Sponsored exclusively by Gillette, the G-List features a range of philanthropists, artists, entrepreneurs, celebrities and business executives making their mark in their respective fields. The list consist of 40 [...]
Read MoreF.C.C. Steps in to Help Offer Discounted Broadband to Low-Income Families
To sign up some of the estimated 100 million Americans who are not online, the Federal Communications Commission and private providers are trying to make broadband Internet access both less expensive and more valuable. On Wednesday, the F.C.C. will announce commitments from most of the big cable companies in the United States to supply access for [...]
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