The 2019 Congress could shatter diversity records

If Democrats take back the House in November 2019 could have more minority representatives in Congress than it's had in its 230-year history. And Congress would finally start to look more like the country it represents. But while voters across the country are increasingly choosing to elect candidates who look like them, the media covering Congress are still lagging far behind with regard to diversity: 83% of the workforce at US daily print and online media outlets is white, and 87% of leadership positions are occupied by white reporters and editors. Men represent 61% of the workforce at those news outlets, and a similar share of the industry’s leadership positions