Inadequate retention is a major reason for the decline in minority employment. Harris is the most prominent minority departure this year. He quit because he believed projected Mercury News layoffs would cut quality in an attempt to keep profit margins high. In too many newsrooms you don't have that. Sutton challenged the editors to commit to work with NABJ to develop a plan with goals and timetables at each newspaper.
Public embarrassment is just what the newspaper editors deserve.
The problem is, they don't seem to really care enough about diversity to be embarrassed about their hypocrisy and failure. Joe Davidson is a National Public Radio commentator and a former newspaper journalist. Opera and WebTV spoof Navigator. We do strict client detection. If you want to allow spoofing, take out the tests for opera and webtv.