Diversity

Twelve Questions On Race

If you were asked to grade race relations in Marshall, what grade, from 1 to 100, would you give? How might we improve our score? For the most part, predominantly…
September 15, 2003
Phil Latham

Reporting on Race: Building a New Definition of ‘News’

A report on race reporting by civic journalists highlights some common approaches.
September 15, 2003
Jan Schaffer

Having Conversations Across Race in Newsrooms

We have not ‘found a safe place or way to discuss racial issues with each other.’
September 15, 2003
Condace L. Pressley

Reporting on the Minority Education Beat

At The News & Observer in Raleigh, North Carolina, attention is focused on how race affects education.
September 15, 2003
Tim Simmons

The Black Press: Past and Present

‘Once considered an outdated protest medium, the black press today is appreciated as crucial to ethnic progress.’
September 15, 2003
Larry Muhammad

The Work and Struggles of Black Reporters

Covering the Black Power revolution ‘was the only time that mainstream media put an important story entirely in the hands of black reporters.’
September 15, 2003
Dori J. Maynard

Reporting on the Civil Rights Movement

‘… the issue seemed so cut and dry and the injustices so stark that reporters struggled to remain objective….’
September 15, 2003
Jack Nelson

Mainstreaming and Diversity Are Gannett’s Core Values

But these programs ‘are not without controversy.’
September 15, 2003
Tom Witosky

Making Race a Part of Local TV News Coverage

A news producer describes KRON’s reporting on race and the way this led to changes in how people work in the newsroom.
September 15, 2003
Craig Franklin

There’s a Need at the Top for Latino Journalists

The road there can be filled with tough choices and difficult tradeoffs.
June 15, 2001
George de Lama