Recently, the Fourth Estate Project released this infographic depicting the breakdown of newsroom di
Recently, the Fourth Estate Project released this infographic depicting the breakdown of newsroom diversity and its relationship to front-page reporting for the upcoming primary election.According to the data, an overwhelming 93% of front-page election stories this year have been reported by white journalists. The Atlantic was quick to point out that, considering all the talk and speculation about the impact of racial and ethnic minorities in the upcoming election, why aren’t there more members of these minorities reporting these stories?As a journalism student, I’m not surprised by these statistics. I can clearly see the racial gap in my classrooms, and I’m frankly not sure if the demographics of newsrooms will ever change towards a more politically correct makeup. But I also know that even if writing by minority journalists doesn’t appear on the front pages of major news outlets, it doesn’t mean their reporting on key election issues is nowhere to be found. Ultimately, it is this void of minority representation in the mainstream media that publications like ALIST, Hyphen, Latino Perspectives, EBONY, and others aim to fill: we share the stories of those who don’t make up the demographic majority of this nation and connect with the audiences more often than not ignored by the mainstream media.[READ MORE…] -- source link
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