An open letter calls on the industry’s highest honors to include a new participation clause. “By implementing this new criteria, the Pulitzers would honor not only great journalism, but journalism from newsrooms willing to be accountable to the public.”
Meredith Clark, who has led the News Leaders Association’s diversity survey in recent years, has resigned from the project. “You don’t get to transparency about diversity by relying on people’s goodwill.”
The New York Times’ report comes on the heels of a dispiriting announcement from the American Society of News Editors that the group would be pausing its annual census.
Wang, Shan. "U.S. newsrooms seem to be getting a little more diverse. But minority journalists are still, well, a minority." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 9 Sep. 2016. Web. 23 Mar. 2025.
APA
Wang, S. (2016, Sep. 9). U.S. newsrooms seem to be getting a little more diverse. But minority journalists are still, well, a minority. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved March 23, 2025, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2016/09/u-s-newsrooms-seem-to-be-getting-a-little-more-diverse-but-minority-journalists-are-still-well-a-minority/
Chicago
Wang, Shan. "U.S. newsrooms seem to be getting a little more diverse. But minority journalists are still, well, a minority." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified September 9, 2016. Accessed March 23, 2025. https://www.niemanlab.org/2016/09/u-s-newsrooms-seem-to-be-getting-a-little-more-diverse-but-minority-journalists-are-still-well-a-minority/.
Wikipedia
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