Is diversity in newsrooms actually shrinking? ASNE/RJI report says, yes

"Is diversity in newsrooms actually shrinking? ASNE report says, yes," Editors Weblog, April 5, 2012.

According to a report released by the American Society of News Editors (ASNE) and the RJI Insight and Survey Center at the Missouri School of Journalism, the percentage of minorities employed in newsrooms is 12.32%, about a percentage point less than the survey from 2010, Poynter reports.

The ASNE began conducting the survey in 1978, when minorities composed only 4% of newsroom employees, and saw increases in minority presence in the newsroom up until 2006 (13.73%), according to Poynter. Since then, the percentage of minorities has been declining faster than the overall percentage drop in newsroom employees, the article said.

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