A Question of Diversity

A QUESTION OF DIVERSITY
[SOURCE: Washington Post, AUTHOR: Howard Kurtz]
Fifteen percent of stories on the network evening news in each of the last two years were reported by minorities, an all-time high that is more than double the level of 1990. CBS's Byron Pitts led the 2006 field with 76 stories, followed by ABC's Pierre Thomas, NBC's Jim Maceda, and CBS's Randall Pinkston and Joie Chen, says a study by the Center for Media and Public Affairs. Women reported 28 percent of the pieces, just under the high-water mark of 29 percent set in 2002. ABC's Martha Raddatz was the most frequent female face, with 137 stories; CBS anchor Katie Couric had 103, and NBC's Andrea Mitchell, 85. Couric nearly lapped the field with reported or narrated pieces, even though the survey includes only four months of her "CBS Evening News" tenure.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/18/AR2007031801722_2.html
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* Gender and Minority Representation in Network News
http://www.cmpa.com/documents/07.03.19.Diversity.pdf