Newspaper editors across the country assert that they're trying to achieve a better racial balance on their staffs, but many journalists of color say they're still underrepresented at work. The NewsHour Media Unit is funded by a grant from the Pew Charitable Trusts. A look at diversity in television programs .
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Browse the NewsHour's coverage of race relations and the media. Some 6,000 strong, their convention in Seattle was billed as the largest assembly of American journalists ever, minority or majority. At the opening ceremony, they bonded to a festive beat and a caustic view of the mainstream media. The complaint voiced by speakers at the conference was that despite the progress of recent decades, America's newsrooms still don't look like America itself. Alicia Gooden is one of three black journalists at the Galveston Daily News in Texas.