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. It will take more than ASNE's annual hand-wringing to improve journalism's disgusting diversity situation. 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. This story is protected by copyright and cannot be reprinted without the permission of the author.