American Society of News Editors
Minorities in newsrooms increase; 63 percent of newspapers have at least one woman among top-three editors
The number of minority journalists in daily-newspaper newsrooms increased by a couple of hundred in 2013 even as newsroom employment declined by 3.2 percent, according to the annual census by the American Society of News Editors and the Center for Advanced Social Research.
The 2014 census also found that 63 percent of the news organizations surveyed have at least one woman among their top three editors. The percent of minority leaders is lower, with 15 percent of participating organizations saying at least one of their top three editors is a person of color.