If Journalists Value Diversity, Why Are Newsrooms So White?

If diversity is a concept prized by journalists, why aren’t news organizations hiring and retaining journalists of color at higher rates? Three experts on the issue join Tom with some answers: Keith Woods is Vice President for Training and Diversity for NPR. Richard Prince is a veteran journalist who writes “Richard Prince’s Journal-isms,” a news column on diversity issues in the media. It appears three times per week on journal-isms.com and on TheRoot.com. And Farai Chideya is an author, journalist and a fellow at the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. Her latest book is “The Episodic Career: How to Thrive at Work in the Age of Disruption.”Email us at [email protected], tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.