President Obama and the role of the ethnic press

[Commentary] The nation's first African American president has signaled that he may shake up the traditional protocols of Washington journalism. But Obama's forays into sometimes marginalized ethnic media outlets also renew a strategy dating to the Reagan administration and earlier -- finding alternatives to reach around the mainstream media and speak to loyal constituents. Black and brown media are having their moment. That's long overdue. But Rainey agrees with the journalists who told me that, to serve their audiences best, it's time to turn from celebration to examination.