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In October, the 2021 cohort of Maynard 200 fellows gathered for week-long intensive training sessions joined by more than 60 executive level faculty and mentors whose caliber mirror back the wide representation of our fellows of diverse heritage and geography affiliation at mainstream and ethnic media outlets across disciplines and expertise. The convening plenary kicked off with a fireside chat featuring Kevin Merida, executive editor of the Los Angeles Times and Maynard Institute board member.
How Maynard 200 is meeting the moment
Maynard 200 Program Director, Odette Alcazaren-Keeley, helped set the tone for the keynote session by describing the high stakes facing Maynard 200 fellows today.
“In a climate where local journalism is under threat– in the print sector alone – today half of all daily newspapers in the United States are controlled by financial firms. For example, The Atlantic’s recent cover story points to newsrooms being gutted by hedge fund Alden Global Capital,” she said.
One of the Maynard Institute’s core programs, the Maynard 200 Fellowship provides advanced training to mid-career journalists of color to prime them as candidates for higher leadership roles. As industry leaders, Maynard 200 fellows have the opportunity to change the man
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Christopher Maynard
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Maynard, Robert Clyve
(b. 17 June 1947 in Brooklyn, New York; d. 17 August 1993 in Oakland, California), African American journalist, newspaper editor, publisher, and syndicated columnist best remembered for opening and advancing opportunities for minority journalists.
Maynard was the youngest of six children born to Samuel Christopher Maynard, a part-time lay preacher who owned a small trucking firm, and Robertine Isola Greaves. His parents had emigrated from Barbados to the United States in 1919. Maynard attended, but did not graduate from, Boys’ High School in Brooklyn, developing an enduring love for writing from an early age. While Maynard cut school classes, he spent time at the New York Age, a black-owned weekly paper. At the age of sixteen, he dropped out of high school to become a writer for the Age.
In 1956 Maynard moved to Greenwich Village in Manhattan. There he continued to work for the/Ige and became a freelance writer at the age of nineteen. He met such famous writers as James Baldwin and Längsten Hughes, who encouraged him in his literary efforts. He also worked as a reporter for the Afro-American News in Baltimore. At this time, Maynard worked at odd jobs while searching unsuccessfully for full-time journalistic work. Although his freelance work