“If we have seen one thing since this project started, it’s the increase of serious work from every size newspaper, Morgan says. “Hiring and retaining journalists of color continues to be a problem, but good work is being accomplished, and that is the goal of this program.”
“The downside,” she says, “is that we rarely find anything of merit on the local television side. While local television may look diverse with its anchors, reporters and weather people, our competition shows that in terms of well-conceived stories, it lags way behind in comparison to the networks, cable, public television and newspapers. This is a real concern since many people use the local news stations to keep up with what’s going on in their communities.”
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