Reporting on the Minority Education Beat By Tim Simmons• Diversity• September 15, 2003 At The News & Observer in Raleigh, North Carolina, attention is focused on how race affects education. Read more
The Black Press: Past and Present By Larry Muhammad• Diversity• September 15, 2003 ‘Once considered an outdated protest medium, the black press today is appreciated as crucial to ethnic progress.’ Read more
The Work and Struggles of Black Reporters By Dori J. Maynard• Diversity• September 15, 2003 Covering the Black Power revolution ‘was the only time that mainstream media put an important story entirely in the hands of black reporters.’ Read more
Reporting on the Civil Rights Movement By Jack Nelson• Diversity• September 15, 2003 ‘… the issue seemed so cut and dry and the injustices so stark that reporters struggled to remain objective….’ Read more
Mainstreaming and Diversity Are Gannett’s Core Values By Tom Witosky• Diversity• September 15, 2003 But these programs ‘are not without controversy.’ Read more
Making Race a Part of Local TV News Coverage By Craig Franklin• Diversity• September 15, 2003 A news producer describes KRON’s reporting on race and the way this led to changes in how people work in the newsroom. Read more
There’s a Need at the Top for Latino Journalists By George de Lama• Diversity• June 15, 2001 The road there can be filled with tough choices and difficult tradeoffs. Read more
The ‘Latino Initiative’ Reshapes the Los Angeles Times’s Coverage By Frank del Olmo• Diversity• June 15, 2001 Its goal is to spread awareness of Latino news throughout the newsroom. Read more
The Evening News en Español By María Elena Salinas• Diversity• June 15, 2001 Univisión’s anchor connects the network’s mission with journalism. Read more
Language Can Create Barriers for Young Journalists By Antonio Mejías-Rentas• Diversity• June 15, 2001 One news director considered a reporter’s Spanish ‘not Mexican enough.’ Read more
