An almost unusually good story from the American Prospect on the NAACP's young new president. The portrayal of Jealous is too glowing for this to be wholly effective, but overall it's a substantive and well contextualized profile.

An in-depth profile of the new NAACP president, and a hostry of the organization itself. This highly informative piece only loses significant points for perhaps not painting a more even-handed protrait of Ben Jealous -- surely someone who has risen so quickly has received substantive criticism.

While the NAACP has been almost irrelevant in the last decade, Mr. Serwer's article on Ben Jealous seems to say it's not dead yet. With this well sourced article on the past and into the future, it seems Mr.Jealous may make an important contribution to the civil rights movement.

A superb look at the NAACP, the new direction of a real leader in the black community, Adam Serwer did a nearly perfect job here, tight, well organized, factual and great historical sourcing. An excellent read from start to finish.

A very well written thorough analysis of the NAACP. The author takes adequate time to relay the organization’s history, its challenges, and introduce the new NAACP president Ben Jealous. The article gives significant insight into the life and background of Jealous and is a terrific read.

Sound reporting. An informative profile of Ben Jealous. The profile is particularly good at using Jealous to situate the NAACP in a 21st Century context.

I think that this is certainly quality journalism, as long as one keeps in mind the mission of The American Prospect. They are concerned with a just society, as am I, but I think often the stories are coming from a more liberal perspective. So long as you know the mission of the publication before you read the story, I think this can be considered to be good, factual journalism. It just has a certain perspective, it would not be considered 'neutral.'

I would call this good journalism but not quality journalism. There were a few biases the author made about Jealous being a tech geek and some of the quotes used seemed more humorous, rather than factual. However, it did present all the facts regarding the iissue of the new NAACP president.

While the publication is very informative. It does seem to have an opinion overshadowing it. It is definitely seeking the sympathy of readers for the NAACP organization, which I don't think is a bad thing, but an opinion nonetheless.

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