US MEDIA = Too White. Newsrooms Pale in Contrast to Diverse U.S. Society
Wednesday, July 14, 2004 at 10:22AM
TheSpook
The world of journalism is much whiter than the
world it represents, according to two media industry studies. While
minorities make up 30 percent of the U.S. population, they constitute
only 12.9 percent of newsroom staffs. The percentage of journalists of
colour working in TV and radio news has dropped by four percent over
the last two years. [more]
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