Tag: Dorothy R. Leavell

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Contributor In a blistering response to the new Government Accountability Office report that revealed federal agencies spend very little...

Crusader Staff Report The Chicago Crusader won three Merit Awards for excellence in journalism at the National Newspaper Publishers Association annual convention held June 26–30...

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Reverend Jesse L. Jackson Sr. received the highest honor presented by the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) at its...

By Lauren Poteat, NNPA Newswire As Donald Trump’s persistent “fake news” rhetoric continues to fester in the media, Black publishers across the nation, recently took...

Crusader Staff Report Black publishers and journalists from around the country are preparing to travel to Norfolk, VA to attend the National Newspaper Publishers Association’s...

The Chicago Reader, an iconic 47-year-old award-winning publication, is being sold to a group led by Dorothy Leavell, publisher of the Chicago Crusader and Gary...

By Chicago Sun-Times The Chicago Sun-Times is selling the Chicago Reader, an alternative weekly that covers the arts, culture and politics. The Reader is being sold to...

Crusader Staff Report Former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, the first Black woman to ever hold the position, will be among several distinguished guests to...

Dorothy R. Leavell is photographed with family and staff in front of two cakes in the shape of the number 50, celebrating Leavell’s 50...

In 1968 she became a Black single mother who was left to run two newspapers in a male-dominated industry; now after decades of challenges,...