Retaining the diverse talent you worked so hard to recruit can be challenging. While newsrooms are doing better, they are not where they need to be. Employees leave for any number of reasons. Newsroom managers serious about increasing the diversity of their staff are noticing that recruiting journalists of color is a never-ending job, partly because some leave as more are hired.
Read MoreOn June 18, we held the fourth session in NLA’s new Transformative Transparency Exchange series. This month’s TTE: Support for LGBTQ+ journalists was presented in partnership with NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists. The candid discussion focused on the experience of being an LGBTQ+ journalist in today’s newsroom.
Read MoreNew Orleans, LA (Sept. 10, 2019) - Journalists of color make up nearly a third of the full-time workforce among online-only news organizations, according to data collected in the 2019 ASNE Newsroom Diversity Survey. The survey reflects newsroom demographics as they existed on Dec. 31, 2018.
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