By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke 3/28 3:29pm

Media and Race

Chris Hayes. (Photo: MSNBC).

MSNBC Anchor Chris Hayes Uses Quotas

MSNBC anchor Chris Hayes uses racial and gender quotas to make sure that his show Up with Chris Hayes (which he announced he is leaving for primetime earlier this month) is not all just white dudes, reports Columbia Journalism Review. Media Matters published a chart earlier this month that showed that 57 percent of the guests on Mr. Hayes’ show were not white men, which makes it the most diverse of any of the Sunday morning talk shows.

How did he get that result in an industry known for its lack of diversity? Read More

By Daniel D'Addario 10/17/12 8:00am

The Eight-Day Week

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To Do Wednesday: ‘Nation’al Treasures

It’s time to do some good: this year’s NYU Cancer Institute Gala honors the university’s progress against cancer with a passel of honorees, all of whom are working to eradicate the disease and palliate its effects. Meanwhile, The New School features a chat between prominent public liberals including Katrina vanden Heuvel of The Nation and Read More

By Kat Stoeffel 6/12/12 9:00am

Debates

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Meghan McCain Thinks Obama Is Behind Security Leaks, Chris Hayes Doesn’t Care Either Way

MSNBC weekend host Chris Hayes and correspondent Meghan McCain stopped by TODAY yesterday to discuss, well, comments Ms. McCain’s father had made. On Sunday, Senator John McCain alleged that recent national security leaks to The New York Times had been politically motivated and had come from President Obama’s administration.

“Is there any proof to back up these charges?” Ann Curry asked. Read More

By Drew Grant 11/21/11 1:11pm

Occupy Wall Street

Ray Lewis on MSNBC

Former Police Captain Ray Lewis Fed ‘Up’ With Chris Hayes (Video)

MSNBC’s Chris Hayes was practically giddy with excitement this Saturday morning. Not only had the morning news host snagged retired Philadelphia police Captain Ray Lewis (whose arrest during Occupy Wall Street’s “Day of Action” last week made for some great copy and even better photojournalism), but he was able to start off his segment with a bunch of Star Wars references. Zoinkers! Read More

By Anna Jane Grossman 12:00am

Countdown to Bliss

Rosie Amodio and Rob Rosenberg

Met: March 15, 2002 Engaged: Oct. 11, 2003 Projected Wedding Date: Oct. 2, 2004

Rosie Amodio, 31, is now the deputy editor of Marie Claire , but she spent much of her 20′s studying the habits and interests of the horny male as features editor at Maxim -not a Read More