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Commentary: Chauncey Bailey Project – A Journalistic Collaboration(1)

June 17, 2011

Commentary: At a time when two reports are heralding the importance of journalistic collaboration in this age of rapid media transformation, an Oakland, Calif., jury succinctly made just that point when it convicted Yusuf Bey IV and Antoine Mackey of murdering journalist Chauncey Bailey.

Commentary: Chauncey Bailey Project – A Journalistic Collaboration

Commentary: Richard Prince’s Journal-isms

Commentary: It was initially difficult for the Bailey killing to gain more than token coverage in the mainstream media. Some wondered aloud whether that was because all of the major figures in the case were black. It became clear that even some members of the news media did not realize the significance of the killing of one of their own.

Analysis: Jurors took the ‘demon’ over the ‘devil’ in Bailey murder trial

Analysis: Jurors took the ‘demon’ over the ‘devil’ in Bailey murder trial

Analysis: In the end, jurors took the demon over the devil.

Chauncey Bailey murder: ‘Justice has finally been done’

Chauncey Bailey murder: ‘Justice has finally been done’

OAKLAND — Nearly four years after Oakland Post editor Chauncey Bailey was gunned down on his morning walk to work, a jury convicted the former leader of Your Black Muslim Bakery of murder for ordering the journalist’s assassination. Yusuf Bey IV — who a prosecutor said terrorized Oakland — will likely spend the rest of his life in prison.


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