In 2020, the New German Media Professionals published a study titled »Diversity in German Journalism« which featured research on interculturally diverse media employees in German editorial teams.In the study, only a small percentage of the participating editors-in-chief could demonstrate a migrant background; a total of eight out of 126. Of these eight individuals, no one represents a group subject to particular discrimination; no one is Black, comes from a Muslim familial background or from one of the largest immigrant demographics in Germany (Turkish, Polish or Russian speaking).It wasn’t possible to obtain any figures on the migrant backgrounds of media specialists as data protection laws and anti-discriminatory measures prevent almost all media companies collecting data on this topic. Optimistically, the figure most likely doesn’t exceed 5% (non-representative study conducted in NRW in 2016). However, this figure covers all individuals with a migrant background, whether visible or not. The number of media specialists with a visible migrant background is almost guaranteed to be lower.In comparison, according to the Federal Statistic Office, at present, 26% of the German population has a migrant background (i.e. either they themselves or one of their parents were born without German citizenship).