Create a free Diverse: Issues In Higher Education account to continue reading

Who are journalists & journalism students? – excerpts from ‘Winds of Change,’ a Freedom Forum report

The following was excerpted from “Winds of Change,” a recent report from the Freedom Forum

New journalists are 17% ethnic minority and 83% white. (The 1996. survey by the American Society of Newspaper Editors reported that daily newspaper newsroom staffs are 11.02% ethnic minority. Television newsroom staffs are 17.1% ethnic minority, while radio newsroom staffs are 14.7% ethnic minority, according to an annual study by the Radio-Television News Directors Association and Ball State University.)

 

The 17% of new journalists Who are minorities and the 83% of new journalists who are white are represented in the work forces of news organizations, as follows:

 

2% of all ethnic-minority new journalists and 16% of all white new journalists are at weeklies (3% of all new journalists at weeklies are ethnic minorities).

  7% of all ethnic-minority new journalists and 26% of all white new journalists are at small dailies (5% of all new journalists at small dailies are ethnic minorities).

 

24% of all ethnic-minority new journalists and 18% of all white new journalists are at medium-size dailies (22% of all new journalists at medium-size dailies are ethnic minorities).

 

29% of all ethnic-minority new journalists and 10% of all white new journalists are at large dailies (37% of all new journalists at large dailies are ethnic minorities). * 7% of all ethnic-minority new journalists and 6% of all white new journalists are at magazines (20% of all new journalists at magazines are ethnic minorities).

 

1% of all ethnic-minority new journalists and 2% of all white new journalists are at wire services (4% of all new journalists at wire services are ethnic minorities).

 

7% of all ethnic-minority new journalists and 9% of all white new journalists are in radio journalism (14% of all new journalists in radio journalism are ethnic minorities).

 

19% of all ethnic-minority new journalists and 11% of all white new journalists are in television journalism (25% of all new journalists in television journalism are ethnic minorities).

 

1% of all ethnic-minority new journalists and 1% of all white new journalists are in on-line journalism (20% of all new journalists in on-line journalism are ethnic minorities).

 

While ethnic minorities account for 17% of all new journalists, they make Lip 14% of new journalist managers, compared with 86% for whites. (ASNE reported that 18% of all newspaper managers are ethnic minorities).

 

The accrediting standard that requires journalism education units to demonstrate that they have tried to increase ethnic minority enrollments, which traditionally have been very low, apparently has had an impact:

 

Among those who have undergraduate degrees in journalism, 88% of whites and 94% of ethnic minorities graduated from accredited programs.

 

At the master’s level, the difference is even greater — 73% of white new journalists graduated from accredited programs and 95% of ethnic minorities did so.

 

Baccalaureate Degrees Conferred in

 

Communications (1993-94)

 

                                         TOTAL

 

                                        DEGREES        PERCENTAGE

 

All                                     51,164           100.0

 

White                                   41,677            81.4

 

Black                                    4,048             7.9

 

Hispanic                                 1,907             3.7

 

Asian/Pacific Islander                   1,278             2.4

 

American Indian                            219              .4

 

Non-resident alien                       1,122             2.1

 

Race/ethnicity unknown                     913             1.7

 

 

Specialities Among Baccalaureate

 

Degrees in Communications

 

                                         TOTAL

 

                                        DEGREES        PERCENTAGE

 

Journalism                               10,214            19.9

 

Broadcast Journalism                       630             1.2

 

Journalism & Mass

 

  Communications, Other                    401              .7

 

Communications, General                 24,496            47.8

 

Advertising                              2,773             5.4

 

Mass Communications                      1,863             3.6

 

Public Relations &

 

  Organizational Communications          2,393             4.6

 

Radio/TV Broadcasting                    5,883            11.4

 

Other Communication                      2,511             4.9

 

 

Master's Degrees Conferred in

 

Communications (1993-94)

 

                                         TOTAL

 

                                        DEGREES        PERCENTAGE

 

All                                      5,005           100.0

 

White                                    3,446            68.8

 

Black                                      327             6.5

 

Hispanic                                   103             2.0

 

Asian/Pacific Islander                     129             2.5

 

American Indian                             20              .3

 

Non-resident alien                         788            15.7

 

Race/ethnicity unknown                     183             3.6

 

COPYRIGHT 1996 Cox, Matthews & Associates



© Copyright 2005 by DiverseEducation.com

The trusted source for all job seekers
We have an extensive variety of listings for both academic and non-academic positions at postsecondary institutions.
Read More
The trusted source for all job seekers