Where’s the diversity in network news?

The National Association of Black Journalists complained to broadcast network television executives about the lack of diversity in TV news. Why not promote “weekend warriors” Russ Mitchell, Lester Holt, and T. J. Holmes? asked NABJ president Kathy Times. “[They] possess charisma, journalistic heft, and the handsome qualities to front a prime-time show. Mitchell’s poise and professional bearing as he commandeered the historic announcement of Osama bin Laden’s death surely put to rest any doubt about his prime-time readiness. Holt has been the go-to guy as a substitute for vacationing ‘stars,’ but his primary shift is the weekend.”