NABJ Surveys: Still Not Many Minorities in TV News

Hed: Surveys finds more diversity needed in newsroom leadership
By YOLANNE ALMANZAR
The UNITY News

According to two surveys released by the National Association of Black Journalists at a news conference Friday, people of color are still the minority in television newsrooms’ highest leadership positions.
“They still resemble a cafeteria during integration. There are a few people here and there,” said Kathy Times, an evening anchor at WDBD-TV in Mississippi and vice president of broadcast for NABJ.

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