TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 2001
Minority count falls for first time in ASNE newsroom census
BY JASON BEGAY AND SHANNON COMES AT NIGHT
In spite of an increasingly diverse America, the number of minorities in the newsroom has fallen for the first time since ASNE began tracking it in 1978.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2001
Survey shows 698 journalists of color left in 2000
BY KRISSAH WILLIAMS
The newspaper industry believes it knows how to recruit minorities.
Holding on to them is the problem.
Editors reacted to ASNE’s 2001 Newsroom Employment Survey, which showed increases, both in the number of minorities entering the business and leaving it. Editors concluded that retention is the key.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2001
No surprise, much concern among minority organizations
BY JASON BEGAY
The ASNE newsroom employment survey has shown the first decline in minority staffing in its history, but the presidents of the four minority journalists associations were not exactly surprised.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2001
Editors ponder ways to improve minority retention in newsrooms
BY KRISSAH WILLIAMS
The newspaper industry believes it knows how to recruit minorities. Holding on to them is the problem.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2001
Industry sees rise and fall of minority numbers
BY JASON BEGAY AND SHANNON COMES AT NIGHT
Newsrooms across the country saw a decline in minority journalists last year – a trend the industry’s top leaders find alarming. According to the annual ASNE Newsroom Employment Survey, the total number of minority journalists fell from 6,665 in 2000 to 6,563 in 2001.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2001
New institute pushes for diversity by reaching out to non-journalists
BY CHRISTINA DENARDO
Call it journalist boot camp. In January, The Freedom Forum will open its doors to 20 students, who are not journalists, at its Vanderbilt University location. Mid-career professionals, who have left their jobs for the fast-paced world of newspapers, will train intensively, memorizing The Associated Press stylebook and “The Elements of Style.”
THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 2001
Minority journalists find opportunities on the Web
BY ANGELIQUE SOENARIE
Tran Ha goes into a meeting at 6 p.m. every workday to decide what will go on the Detroit Free Press’s Web site. As a producer, she helps decide what story will get viewers reading her newspaper online. The rest of the evening, she produces, edits and packages stories for online readers.
The “online journalism industry is an exciting place to be right now because it’s still very new and constantly changing,” Ms. Ha said.
THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 2001
Ethnic papers provide bond for minority communities
BY JOHNNY LEWIS
America’s diverse communities are finding strength in ethnic newspapers, and a voice often left silent in traditional media coverage.
There are now more than 300 such papers in the country, according to the Philadelphia Free Library.
THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 2001
Interest in Hispanic issues rises with population
BY OLIVIA MUÑOZ
Newspapers have a lot of ground left to cover regarding Hispanics, from hiring more to improving coverage of their communities, according to editors at the 2001 ASNE convention.
FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 2001
Minority departures: who and why
BY JEWEL GOPWANI
Carolina Garcia, managing editor of the San Antonio Express-News, wants to know "what happened. Why did they leave?" These pressing questions refer to minority journalists who are leaving the industry faster than they are entering it. ASNE hopes that by this time next year it will have some answers based on the results of an in-depth survey the organization has decided to launch, said Ms. Garcia, the new chairwoman of ASNE's Diversity Committee.
