Newsrooms becoming whiter

NEWSROOMS BECOMING WHITER
[SOURCE: The Newspaper Guild-CWA 8/17]
According to the American Society of Newspaper Editors' annual survey, the percentage of minority journalists working in daily newsrooms slipped this year for only the second time since 1978, to 13.62%. ASNE’s goal has been to increase minority representation until it mirrors society at large -- which is now 33% non-white. Other indicators in the ASNE survey also are slipping into reverse. Minorities account for only 10.9% of all newsroom supervisors, reverting to a level reached two years ago. Meanwhile, the number of newspapers with no minorities at all on their newsroom staffs increased to 392, from 377 last year.
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