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Diversity in Journalism: Where Is It?
Title: Diversity in Journalism: Where Is It?
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 1256 | Pages: 5.3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Diversity in Journalism: Where Is It?
Diversity in Broadcasting: Where is it?
A recent minority census conducted by the Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA), found that people of color hold just 21.8% of all jobs in English language TV newsrooms. This startling statistic prompts the question: Where is the diversity in today’s newsrooms? Research shows that one of the key reasons for the lack of minority representation is the fact that minorities are not being hired at the small market level (…showed first 75 words of 1256 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1256 total…in broadcasting. The US Court of Appeals for the District of Colombia recently threw out Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules requiring TV and radio stations to make special efforts to recruit minority job applicants (Love). Without these rules the court is preventing the FCC from using sanctions, even in cases where a broadcasting company is showing no effort to higher minorities. This is just another step backwards in the struggle to diversify the broadcasting industry.
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