Newspapers Have Failed at Placing People of Color into Management

Posted Tuesday, November 6, 2018 11:12 am

Gabriel Arana | CJR

In 1979, the American Society of News Editors pledged that, by the year 2000, the percentage of racial and ethnic minorities in newsrooms would match that of the population at large. Noting that this was “the right thing to do” and in the “industry’s economic self-interest,” ASNE stressed the particular importance of lifting people of color into management.

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Newspapers Have Failed at Placing People of Color into Management

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