Among the 20 biggest dailies, nearly two-thirds of their newsrooms are run by a woman or a person of color (or both). But newsrooms still have a long way to go to be reflective of the communities they serve.
“If you’re looking at a metric like unique visitors, the audience for the crossword is not colossal. But if you’re looking at people who subscribe, or people who read multiple articles a month, those are groups that really value our crossword.”
Ki Sung, Jonathan Blakley, and Vinnee TongMarch 5, 2021
“We will make our newsroom more diverse, our editorial practices more inclusive, and our news report one that provides a truer, richer and more textured portrayal of the world. By doing so, we will ultimately attract a reader and subscriber base that more fully reflects the breadth of the society we serve.”
More than half of all nonprofit outlets have either no people of color or “only a small percentage” within their ranks. The vast majority — more than two-thirds — do not have a single person of color in leadership at the executive level.
Gannett said it will “make its workforce as diverse as the country by 2025 and to expand the number of journalists focused on covering issues related to race and identity, social justice and equality.”
Tameez, Hanaa'. "Gannett newsrooms, whiter than the communities they serve, pledge broad change by 2025." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 20 Aug. 2020. Web. 30 Jul. 2021.
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Tameez, H. (2020, Aug. 20). Gannett newsrooms, whiter than the communities they serve, pledge broad change by 2025. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved July 30, 2021, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/08/almost-every-gannett-newsroom-agrees-diversity-is-critical-to-telling-stories-its-staff-demographics-show-theres-a-lot-of-work-to-be-done/
Chicago
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