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Total and minority newsroom employment declines in 2011 but loss continues to stabilize
Posted 4/4/2012 2:40:00 PM
WASHINGTON, DC -- Total newsroom employment at daily newspapers declined by 2.4 percent in 2011, while the loss in minority newsroom positions was 5.7 percent, according to a census released today by the American Society of News Editors and the Center for Advanced Social Research at the Missouri School of Journalism.
ASNE Moves to University of Missouri In New Partnership
Posted 4/3/2012 7:00:00 PM
The nation’s premier organization for journalism leaders and one of the world’s leading institutions for journalism education and innovation are joining forces. The American Society of News Editors and the University of Missouri’s School of Journalism today announced a new partnership, including plans to move ASNE’s headquarters to the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute on the university’s Columbia, Mo., campus.
ASNE Awards for 2011’s best journalism announced
Posted 4/2/2012 3:51:00 PM
The American Society of News Editors has announced the winners of its annual awards for distinguished writing and photography. This year's contest attracted 317 qualifying entries from news organizations throughout the United States.
ASNE to issue comprehensive report on diversity in news
Posted 4/2/2012 10:57:00 AM
The American Society of News Editors on Monday will release its comprehensive report on the future on diversity in the news during the ASNE Annual Convention. The Ford Foundation funded the research and report.
ASNE Urges Congress, DOD, to Safeguard Independence of Stars and Stripes
Posted 3/7/2012 8:52:00 AM
Stars and Stripes, the daily newspaper for the U.S. Armed Forces, was recently ordered by the Department of Defense to move from its offices in downtown Washington, D.C., to a military base 30 miles away that serves as the hub of official Pentagon and military media operations. The relocation has raised concerns about a threat to Stars and Stripes’ special status as an independent news organization operating within DOD. In response to those concerns, ASNE issued a statement this morning urging Congress and the Pentagon to consider "alternatives that would ensure that Stars and Stripes can continue to independently provide uncensored news to American forces on the front lines and worldwide."
Large majority of survey respondents pleased with ASNE’s San Diego convention
Posted 5/18/2011 3:45:00 PM
Ninety percent of those who responded to the post-convention survey indicated that it met or exceeded their expectations. Best-selling author Daniel Pink and Facebook’s Justin Osofsky were the highest-rated speakers, and a reception on the USS Midway and an evening at Qualcomm were the most popular social events.
Newsroom employment drops sharply; diversity increases
Posted 4/8/2002 4:53:00 PM
WASHINGTON - Nearly 2,000
journalists left the newspaper industry last year, the largest loss in 25 years,
while the percent of minority journalists working at daily newspapers rose nearly
a half of one percentage point to 12.07 percent.
Minority newsroom employment inches up in 2003
Posted 4/2/2003 4:25:00 PM
NEW ORLEANS --- Diversity
in the newsrooms of American daily newspapers improved by nearly half of one
percent in 2002, but the growth of minority journalists to 12.53 percent of
newsroom staff lagged behind the percentage of minorities
ASNE Newsroom Census: Minority journalists make small gains in daily newspapers
Posted 4/12/2000 6:21:00 PM
WASHINGTON — The number of minority journalists working at daily newspapers
grew in the past year by a third of a percentage point moving from 11.55 percent
to 11.85 percent, according to the 2000 newsroom employment survey issued by
the American Society of Newspaper Editors. This mar
ASNE Newsroom Census: Minority employment inches up at daily newspapers
Posted 3/22/1999 5:57:00 PM
SAN FRANCISCO -- The number of minority journalists working at daily newspapers
crept up only slightly in 1998, increasing 1.5 percent. Asian, black, Hispanic
and Native American journalists now comprise 11.55 percent of newsroom employees,
compared to 11.46 percent the previous year,
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