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Diversity Statistics

Latinos Working at Local TV Stations, Radio Stations and Daily Newspapers, 1985-2006
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NAHJ Statements on Diversity in Print Media

April 2006
NAHJ Frustrated by Lack of Growth in Diversity

April 2005
NAHJ Issues Statement on 2005 ASNE Newsroom Survey

NAHJ Statements on Diversity in Broadcast Industry

July 2006
NAHJ Disturbed by Latino Decline in Management

July 2005
NAHJ Frustrated at Diversity Stagnation in TV Newsrooms

Despite decades of diversity efforts, Latino newsroom representation remains dismal.

Latinos make up only 4% of newsroom personnel at all daily English-language newspapers.

  • American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE) - Latinos make up only 6% of all newsroom staffers at English-lanugage TV news outlets.
  • Radio-Television News Directors Association & Foundation (RTNDA) - Latinos make up 15% of the total U.S. population. The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that one in every four Americans (25%) will identify themselves as Latino by the year 2050.Newsroom diversity is a means to imporve the quality and credibility of journalism in the United States. To achieve this, the NAHJ Parity Project stresses that Latinos must play a vital role in fulfilling that mission.