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FORUM ON MEDIA DIVERSITY
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Many Voices, One Vision

Bob Butler, NABJ vice president-broadcast

"Newsmaker" Shirley Sherrod in a discussion session with Don Lemon(CNN),
Mara Schiavocampo(NBC) & Erica Deggans(St. Petersburg Times)

Actress Regina King



Forum's Coverage of the NABJ Convention 2010


2010 NABJ Diversity Census
TV newsroom management diversity is far from 33% diversity of nation’s population

NBC leads the way again, Hearst stations have doubled the number since 2009

(San Diego, July 30, 2010, Forum Report) – Journalists of color represent only 12.6 percent of newsroom management positions in 151 television stations owned by 10 big stations, ABC, CBS, Cox, Fox, Gannett, Hearst Argyle, Media General, Meredith, NBC and Tribune.
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Sherrod urges journalists to do journalism that matters
San Diego (Forum Report) - Shirley Sherrod, “a fired former director” of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, urged journalists to consistently and extensively cover the issues that matter to common people, minority farmers and poor rural people at the National Association of Black Journalist (NABJ) convention on July 29. Click here to read more



Black AIDS Institute partnered with NABJ to promote “Test 1 million” campaign
San Diego (Forum Report) - The Black AIDS Institute has partnered with the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) to increase awareness among the black community about the importance of HIV testing. Click here to read more


 

 


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