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Broadcasting & Cable: TV Newsrooms Lag on Diversity (2/12/07) by Paige Albiniak
The latest study from the Radio-Television News Directors Association found minority representation among TV news staffers and news directors at near-record highs of 22.2 percent and 13.2 percent respectively. But, as Albiniak writes, "numbers don't always tell the full story."With the total U.S. minority population at 33.6 percent, all employment numbers fall short. “The number of people in broadcast news has declined in general,” says [a TV station manager]. “So the number of minorities looks greater proportionate to the total number. There's been no significant change for years.”... “The percentage of minorities in the newsroom is not keeping pace with the percentage in the population,” [RTNDA President Barbara Cochran] says.
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