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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.
OJR urges online journalists to participate in the Newsroom Census
Posted 1/11/2012 11:46:00 AM
ASNE vastly expanded the number of news websites that have been invited to participate in the Newsroom Employment Census this year, and last week Robert Niles of the Online Journalism Review
encouraged them to stand up to be counted.
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 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,
ASNE Census Finds Newsrooms Less Diverse: Increased Hiring of Minorities Blunted by Departure Rate
Posted 4/3/2001 12:00:00 AM
WASHINGTON — The number of minority journalists working at daily newspapers
fell from 11.85 percent to 11.64 percent in the past year even though newsrooms
hired more first full-time minority professionals in 2000 than in any of the
past 10 years.
Lessons on hiring, mobile and audience-building among take-aways at ASNE Leadership Diversity session
Posted 9/28/2011 2:00:00 PM
Finding good, diverse talent on the business side is just the beginning. Convincing them to join your organization is the real challenge. Growth in mobile is going to be huge and companies need to plan an aggressive strategy. The ability to collaborate and innovate are essential for today’s executives. Those are just three key take-away messages from the second day of the “Leadership in Diversity: New Models for Growing Audience, Talent & Revenue” held last week at the New York Times Conference Center.
ASNE partners with Center for Advanced Social Research on Newsroom Employment Census
Posted 10/18/2011 9:11:00 AM
The next survey measuring diversity within U.S. newsrooms, a major initiative of the American Society of News Editors (ASNE) for 33 years, will be conducted by the Center for Advanced Social Research (CASR), an affiliate of the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism.
TV, online executives share innovative business ideas
Posted 9/21/2011 10:22:00 AM
NEW YORK – A panel of six online and television news leaders provided a vibrant cross-section of ideas on developing and working toward profitability for news aimed at niche markets—many for ethnic and cultural minorities—that are becoming more accessible in the digital age. The panelists expressed enthusiasm about the ability to innovate to reach targeted audiences in new ways.
Mad about mobile
Posted 9/28/2011 3:54:00 PM
NEW YORK-- Mobile isn’t limited to that cell phone in your pocket or pushed against your ear. Laptops, tablets, smart phones are all mobile devices and consumers use them all. If it’s not attached to the wall or sitting stationary on the desk, it’s a mobile device.