NBC Owned Stations Launch Diversity Programs in Newsrooms

NBC Owned Television Stations has launched a pair of programs designed to attract and train young journalists from diverse backgrounds to work in the owned stations' newsrooms.

NBC's News Associates program welcomed 10 recent college graduates to its 10 stations; the group started orientation last week and each trainee is paired with a senior level mentor. The Reporter Training program will tap four young journalists for NBC Owned Stations newsrooms in Dallas-Fort Worth, Washington, Miami and San Diego. The program starts in January and is designed "to attract television or digital journalists early in their careers or experienced print journalists interested in transitioning to television as on-air reporters," said NBC.