For nearly two decades, ASNE has been an industry leader in efforts to diversify newsroom staffs and news coverage at the nation s daily newspapers. We have begun to assess our efforts in diversity and lay out some ideas for the next century. ASNE Vice President Edward Seaton asked Loren Ghiglione, a former ASNE president, to prepare a report on a proposed diversity course for the 21st century. Ghiglione now heads the journalism program at Emory University in Atlanta.
Comments are welcome on all aspects of newsroom diversity.
The term minorities has been defined as African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanics and Native Americans. Founded in 1922, ASNE is an organization of the main editors of daily newspapers in the United States and Canada. There are currently 850 members.