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How two local newsrooms are sewing diversity into the fabric of their organizations

Eliana Miller

September 01, 2020 |

Poynter |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

During a year of racial-justice protests nationwide, journalists whose job is to hold institutions to account for racist outcomes have turned their gazes inward, to their own newsrooms. Their efforts have won some progress in diverse staffing at the Star Tribune in Minneapolis and the Express-News in San Antonio. The burden has fallen largely to journalists of color to press for newsrooms that better reflect their communities. In Minneapolis, managers promised a trio of new hires and better training. San Antonio editors began hiring columnists of color in the majority-Latino city.

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