What are news and other organizations doing to achieve diversity in journalisms ranks? Find the latest links and resources here.
UNITY/McCormick Foundation Electronic Clearinghouse for News Diversity
This data base provides more than 400 abstracts that clearly and concisely summarize articles, research and data on racial and ethnic diversity in the news media industry. It is free and easy to search.
Washington Press Corps Diversity Study
This 2008 study of ethnic diversity in the Washington press corps showed that only about 13 percent of the Washington daily newspaper press corps is made up of journalists of color, a slight improvement from four years earlier. The study was done by the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University under a grant from the McCormick Foundation of Chicago. PDF available athttp://cronkite.asu.edu/assets/pdf/2008UNITY-web.pdf.
NABJ Focuses on Adding Black Supervisors
NABJ is alarmed that fewer black journalists are working as supervisors in America's daily newspapers and called on top editors to take advantage of NABJ's growing census of members ready for key decision-making positions.
NABJ Report: Black Journalists in Top Editing Roles in Our Nation's Newsrooms
Richard Princes Journal-isms™
Read "Journal-isms," a column reporting on diversity issues and of journalists of color on our Diversity page written Richard Prince, NABJ's Media Monitoring Committee chair.
Information by Medium
Newspapers and Magazines
American Society of Newspapers Editors (ASNE) Survey
ASNE adopts benchmarks to reach racial parity in newspapers newsrooms by 2025
Prior survey results (year 2000 and earlier)
Magazine Publishers of America
Television and Radio
RTNDA and UNITY adopt covenant for diversity in radio and TV
Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) Survey
New Media
Online Journalism Review
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