The survey, conducted in 1995 for NAA by Belden Associates of Dallas, was based on 415 newspapers from 400 markets. Total newsroom work force was 55,000 employees. ASNE's annual surveys show substantial growth in minority employment over nearly two decades. In 1978, daily newspapers had 1,700 minorities in their newsroom work force of 43,000.
Progress continues in the number of minority supervisors.
In Education programs providing newspapers to schools at reduced rates. More than 67,000 schools per year use newspapers as a text for learning in the classroom. A special set of curriculum materials is developed by the Foundation for use in the schools that week. Over 2,000 entries from students across the United States were received by the Foundation for its contest to choose a cover for the 1997 youth literacy tabloid. The Foundation provides information and resources to newspapers, educators, and young people to support the publication of school newspapers.