Bryan Monroe
Washington, D.C.
Professor @TUKleincollege; Was politics, opinion editor @CNN; editor of @EbonyMag; prez @nabj. Schooled @UWHuskies, @Harvard; I love to bake! on.fb.me/1trymHu
Articles by Bryan Monroe
Setting, Technique, and Technology: Drivers of Orthopedic Design in 2026
Orthopedic surgery is at an inflection point. Procedures once confined to hospitals are now being performed in outpatient centers. Techniques are becoming more refined and less invasive. Technology is expanding from assistive to enabling. The convergence of these trends is driving a new generation of orthopedic innovation defined by personalization, precision, and practicality.
Plant engineering, manufacturing M&A: February 2023
Bundy Group, an investment bank and advisory firm, provides an update on mergers & acquisitions and capital placement activity in the automation market.
Increasing production with less capital
Learning Objectives A beverage manufacturer looked to improve production, but needed insights on from a digital data platform to help put together actionable insights. Digital data capture enabled accurate and up-to-date production data across management and all shifts for decision clarity. This ultimately saved the company money by delaying production of a new facility because they were able to get better efficiency from the current one.
How data is making a flour mill run smarter and leaner
System integration insights Interstates developed a complete control system, drawing packages, network design and implementation, data collection and enterprise resource planning (ERP) integration for a flour mill. The operational technology (OT) team worked with an information technology (IT) team to ensure the network could handle all the interconnected devices and plant floor devices.
SI Giants 2023 average system integration revenue increases
Learning Objectives Understand key trends and attributes and advice among the SI Giants 2023; on average they produced more system integration revenue than SI Giants in 2022. Supply chain and staffing are among SI Giants biggest corporate challenges. SI Giants 2023: Insights Annual Control Engineering and Plant Engineering research shows an increase in average system integrator annual system integration revenue.
Protect Your Control Systems from Natural Disasters
According to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, climate models indicate the intensity of hurricanes is on the rise. The hurricanes in our near future will have more intense rainfall and bring an increased risk of coastal flooding. Protecting facilities against severe weather events recalls storm-hardening measures like flood walls, storm panels, and impact-resistant windows. But what about controls and vital electrical equipment?
Civil rights pioneer Willis Edwards dies at 66
By Bryan Monroe, CNN (CNN) – Willis Edwards, longtime president of the Beverly Hills/Hollywood branch of the NAACP and key to launching the NAACP Image Awards on national television, died Friday in Mission Hills, California, according to a spokeswoman for Providence Holy Cross Medical Center. Edwards, born in Texas and raised in Palm Springs, California, was 66. The cause of the civil rights pioneer’s death was not immediately available.
An American Story
November 3, 2020 4:00:42 am Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks at a campaign event Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020, in Las Vegas. (AP) We claim her as our own. We share her with you. But her story is an American story — of struggle, change and hope. No doubt. Kamala Harris is a Black woman. The US senator, who is, perhaps, less than a day away from being elected as the first female vice-president of the United States, was born in Oakland and raised in Berkeley.
America needs white people to step up Original
Bryan Monroe is Associate Professor at Temple University's Klein College of Media and Communication. He is the former editor of CNNPolitics.com, and of Ebony magazine. He is the managing director of the Monroe Media Group, a Washington, D.C.-based media strategy, crisis communication and personal branding firm. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion at CNN. (CNN)We can't jog and be black. We can't barbecue and be black. We can't bird watch and be black.
Campbell advocates hard line, looters warned of consequences | The State
This motorist carried a message as they evacuated Myrtle Beach before the arrival of Hurricane Hugo. Bryan Monroe Bryan Monroe/The Sun News More from the series Hurricane Hugo coverage from The State: Sept. 17 - Sept. 24, 1989 Read more stories from The State’s original reporting of Hurricane Hugo in 1989.
Prince Interview: He Slams Music Industry, Tells New Artists 'Don't Sign'
The music industry is modern-day “slavery.” Record labels are running a “shell game.” Music streaming is sucking artists dry. And rights-management groups are nothing more than “collection agencies” that fail to pass along any real money to artists.
The immortality of Michael Jackson
Editor's note: Bryan Monroe is Washington editor/Opinion for CNN. He was previously the editorial director for Ebony and Jet magazines and helped lead a team in Biloxi, Mississippi, to the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for coverage of Hurricane Katrina. You can follow him on Twitter @BryanMonroeCNN. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author.
That's the way it's supposed to work
Editor's note: Bryan Monroe is the Washington Editor/Opinion for CNN. He was also the president of the National Association of Black Journalists from 2005-2007. You can follow him on Twitter @BryanMonroeCNN. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. (CNN) -- Nearly a decade ago, radio shock-jock Don Imus uttered these words about the women's basketball team at Rutgers University: "Those are some nappy-headed hos." Within one week of saying that, he was out of a job.
Opinion: Why I won't let my son get arrested
05:02 - Source: CNN Study: Half of black men arrested by 23 Story highlights Recent report says black males have a 50% chance of being arrested by age 23 White males have a 40% risk of arrest by same age Critics of the study say methodology is flawed Monroe: What do I tell my son about how to avoid being arrested? Editor’s Note: Bryan Monroe is CNN’s Washington Editor for Opinion and former president of the National Association of Black Journalists. You can follow him on Twitter @BryanMonroeCNN.
Members of King family in bus accident
Washington (CNN) -- Family members of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. were involved in a bus accident Wednesday after the high-profile ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of King's "I Have a Dream" speech, police said. The bus and a car collided near Washington's Tidal Basin just off the National Mall where the ceremony was held, according to Park Police, who have jurisdiction over the Mall.
5 things we learned from Obama's speech
(CNN) -- President Barack Obama recast the U.S. fight against terrorism as no longer a "boundless global war" but a targeted effort to dismantle specific extremist networks. He said America was at a "crossroads" and should no longer see it as a "self-defeating" perpetual fight, but one that must at some point end, "like all wars." Obama said "the core of al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan is on a path to defeat,'' but its affiliates elsewhere pose dangers.
Opinion: Christie knows obesity kills
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has become a well-known face for the Republican party, but in his home state he's still the second-best-known Boss, next to Bruce Springsteen. Pictured above, Christie speaks at a news conference on October 4, 2011, in Trenton, the capital. Christie signs the Overdose Prevention Act on May 2, 2013 in Paterson, New Jersey. Christie addresses state legislators during his State of the State Address on January 8 in Trenton.
The truth about what Candy Crowley said
"The president was caught lying last night, and I think the world should know that," Sununu told CNN's Soledad O'Brien. Sununu contended that Obama's comments were in reference to "the original 9/11 event" and not the Libya attack. CROWLEY: Because we're -- we're closing in, I want to still get a lot of people in. I want to ask you something, Mr. President, and then have the governor just quickly.
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