Press corps in Washington not diverse, report says

"There is no justification for any media company to staff its bureau in Washington, D.C., without people of color," said Ernest Sotomayor, president of Unity and Long Island editor for Newsday.com in New York. Newsday.com is owned by Tribune Co., which also owns the Chicago Tribune. Accord...

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Published inKnight Ridder Tribune Business News p. 1
Main Author Ustinova, Anastasia
Format Newsletter
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington Tribune Content Agency LLC 05.08.2004
Subjects
Asian Americans
Associations
Hispanic Americans
Journalism
Journalists
Minority & ethnic groups
Reporters
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Summary:"There is no justification for any media company to staff its bureau in Washington, D.C., without people of color," said Ernest Sotomayor, president of Unity and Long Island editor for Newsday.com in New York. Newsday.com is owned by Tribune Co., which also owns the Chicago Tribune. According to the study, conducted with the University of Maryland, most of the nation's largest newspapers have lower percentages of journalists of color in Washington than in their hometown newsrooms. Only 3 of the 36 daily newspapers with multiple- person operations in Washington have non-white bureau chiefs -- the Chicago Tribune, the Detroit News and Gannett News Service. Paul West, the Baltimore Sun's bureau chief, said the newspaper has a hard time keeping minority reporters in Washington because of competing demand from other news organizations. One of the Sun's Washington bureau's 11 reporters is a minority. The Baltimore Sun is also owned by Tribune Co.