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Diversity Bibliography

Updated October 2002

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ASNE Diversity Resources
http://www.asne.org/kiosk/diversity/index.htm
Diversity resources from the American Society of Newspaper Editors.

Asian American Journalists Association
http://www.aaja.org
AAJA was formed in 1981 to provide support for Asian American journalists.

Asian-Nation
http://www.asian-nation.org/
An information source on the historical, political, social, economic,
and cultural elements that make up today's Asian American community.


Boston Globe Report on Newspaper Minority Employment
http://www.boston.com/asne/
By Bill Dedman and Steve Doig, 2002.

(Poynter.org posted a story about this project.)
http://www.poynter.org/centerpiece/042502.htm

Columbia Workshop on Journalism, Race & Ethnicity
http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/workshops/
The aim of the Columbia University workshop is to
encourage candid and complete coverage of race and ethnicity.

Diversity and Making a Difference (ASNE)
http://www.asne.org/index.cfm?id=3644
By Carolina Garcia, The American Editor, June 2002.

Diversity Resources (No Train, No Gain)
http://www.notrain-nogain.org/Divers/Res/Res.asp
Diversity resources from the No Train, No Gain website.

Diversity Toolbox (Society for Professional Journalists)
http://www.spj.org/diversity_toolbox.asp
Diversity resources from the Society for Professional Journalists.

DiversityInc.com
http://www.diversityinc.com/
DiversityInc.com offers information on how diversity affects companies'
relationships with their employees, suppliers, customers and investors.

DiversityWeb
http://www.diversityweb.org/
The Association of American Colleges and Universities and
the University of Maryland at College Park designed DiversityWeb.

The Essence of Excellence: Covering Race and Ethnicity (and doing it better)
http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/workshops/excellence_intro.html
This report for the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
was underwritten by the Workshop on Journalism, Race and Ethnicity.
By Keith Woods, 2001.


Freedom Forum: Newsroom Diversity

http://www.freedomforum.org/diversity/default.asp
Links to news, commentary and analysis.


"How Race Is Lived in America"
http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/race/
New York Times series on race, 2000.

International Women's Media Foundation
http://www.iwmf.org/
IWMF was founded to strengthen the role of women in the media.

IWMF: Leadership Report
http://www.iwmf.org/resources/lr.htm
A portrait of where women stand in the international media, 2000.

Journalism and Women Symposium
http://www.jaws.org/
JAWS supports the personal growth and
professional empowerment of women in newsrooms.

Latinos and Media Project
http://www.utexas.edu/world/latinosandmedia/home-noflash.html
Information and resources about a variety of issues
related to Latinos and the media.

Maynard Institute
http://www.maynardije.org/
The Institute is dedicated to increasing racial and ethnic
diversity in news coverage, staffing and business operations.

MIBTP - Broadcasting Training Program
http://www.webcom.com/mibtp/
Their mission is to diversify newsrooms at
television and radio stations across the United States.

National Association of Black Journalists
http://www.nabj.org
NABJ was founded with the purpose of promoting and
communicating the importance of diversity in newsrooms.

National Association of Hispanic Journalists
http://www.nahj.org/
NAHJ is dedicated to the recognition and professional
advancement of Hispanics in the news industry.

National Association of Minorities in Cable
http://www.namic.com/
NAMIC educates, advocates and empowers for the cause of diversity in the telecommunications industry.


National Center on Disability and Journalism
http://www.ncdj.org/
NCDJ's mission is to educate journalists and educators about
disability reporting issues in order to produce more accurate,
fair and diverse news reporting.

National Diversity Journalism Job Bank
http://www.newsjobs.com
This job bank is devoted to diversifying newspaper and other
media industries and is primarily aimed towards women and minorities.

National Federation of Press Women
http://www.nfpw.org/
NFPW promotes the highest ethical standards and the
professional development of women.

National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association
http://www.nlgja.org
NLGJA works to ensure equal benefits and conditions
for lesbian and gay employees in news organizations.

NAA's Diversity and Education Resources
http://www.naa.org/SectionPage.cfm?SID=84&CFID=19996&CFTOKEN=3262665
Resources from the NAA diversity department.

Native American Journalists Association
http://www.naja.com/
NAJA was formed to encourage, inspire,
enhance and empower Native communicators.

News & Race: Models of Excellence
http://www.poynter.org/offthenews/101701_modelsofexcellence.pdf
Research commissioned by The Poynter Institute to quantify what's
working in industry-wide efforts to increase racial and ethnic diversity in
hiring and coverage across the United States, 2001.

News Watch Project
http://newswatch.sfsu.edu/
A project of the Center for Integration and Improvement of Journalism,
San Francisco State University Journalism Department.

People and Product
http://www.naa.org/IndexList.cfm?SID=1154
NAA/Presstime supplement on diversity.

Pictures of Our Nobler Selves:
A History of Native American Contributions to News Media

http://www.freedomforum.org/publications/
newsroomtraining/picsnoblerselves/pictureofournoblerselves.pdf
By Mark N. Trahant, The Freedom Forum, 1995.

Poynter's Diversity Digest
http://www.poynter.org/diversity/
Victor Merina's Diversity Digest highlights work that shows journalists how
to overcome the obstacles that impede complete coverage and effective reporting.

Poynter's Diversity Resource File
http://poynter.org/research/div.htm
A broad range of articles and source materials
about diversity from the Poynter Institute.

RTNDA: Newsroom Diversity
http://www.rtnda.org/diversity/index.shtml
Links to diversity resources from RTNDA.

"Reporting Race"
http://www.cjr.org/year/99/5/race.asp
Columbia Journalism Review special report,
September/October 1999.


South Asian Journalists Association
http://www.saja.org
Their goal is to foster ties among South Asian journalists
in North America and improve standards of journalistic
coverage of South Asia and South Asian America.

Television and Radio News Research
http://www.missouri.edu/~jourvs/index.html
This statistical look at television and radio by Vernon Stone
includes a section on women and minorities.

U.S. Census Bureau Minority Links
http://www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/hotlinks.html
Data on racial and ethnic populations in the United States.

UNITY: Journalists of Color, Inc.
http://www.unityjournalists.org/
A strategic alliance of journalists of color acting as a force
for positive change in the fast-changing global news industry.

Women and Minority Employment Survey
http://www.rtnda.org/research/womin.shtml
RTNDA annual survey about the career progress of women
and minorities in electronic news.


Women in Newspapers: 2002
http://www.mediamanagement.northwestern.edu/
web/publications/data/WIN2a.pdf

By Mary Arnold Hemlinger and Cynthia C. Linton.
Media Management Center, Northwestern University.

BOOKS

Aldrich, Leigh Stephens. Covering the Community:
A Diversity Handbook for Media
.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press, 1999.

Biagi, Shirley and Marilyn Kern-Foxworth.
Facing Difference: Race, Gender, and Mass Media.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press, 1997.

Campbell, Christopher P. Race, Myth, and the News.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1995.

Chideya, Farai. The Color of Our Future.
New York: William Morrow, 1999.

Cose, Ellis. Color-Blind: Seeing Beyond Race in a Race-Obsessed World.
Portland, OR: Frank Cass, 1997.

Coward, John M. The Newspaper Indian:
Native American Identity in the Press, 1820-1890
.
Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1999.

Curry, George E., ed. The Affirmative Action Debate.
Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1996.

Danky, James Philip and Maureen E. Hady, eds.
African-American Newspapers and Periodicals: A National Bibliography.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1999.

Dawkins, Wayne. Black Journalists: The NABJ Story.
Merrillville, IN: August Press, 1997.

Dennis, Everette E. and Edward C. Pease, eds. The Media in Black and White.
Rutgers, NJ: Transaction Books, 1997.

Dijk, Teun Adrianus Van. Racism and the Press.
New York: Routledge, 1991.

Dines, Gail and Jean M. Humez. Gender, Race, and Class in Media.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1995.

Halper, Donna L. Invisible Stars:
A Social History of Women in American Broadcasting
.
Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2001.

Hill, George H. and Lorraine Raglin.
Black Women in Television: An Illustrated History and Bibliography.
New York: Garland, 1990.

Hosley, David H. Hard News: Women in Broadcast Journalism.
New York: Greenwood Press, 1987.

Kamalipour, Yahya R. and Theresa Carilli, eds.
Cultural Diversity and the U.S. Media.
Albany, NY: State University of New York, 1998.

Keever, Bevery Ann Deepe, et al., eds.
U.S. News Coverage of Racial Minorities.
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997.

Keith, Michael C. Signals in the Air: Native Broadcasting in America.
Westpost, CT: Praeger Publishers, 1995.

Lont, Cynthia M. Women and Media: Content, Careers, Criticism.
Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1994.

Maynard, Robert C. and Dori J. Maynard. Letters to My Children.
Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1995.

Robertson, Nan. The Girls in the Balcony: Women, Men, and the New York Times.
New York: Random House, 1992.


Rodriguez, America. Making Latino News: Race, Language, Class.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, 1999.


Streitmatter, Rodger. Raising Her Voice:
African-American Women Journalists Who Changed History.

Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky Press, 1994.

Thomas, David A. and John J. Gabarro. Breaking Through:
The Making of Minority Executives in Corporate America
.
Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1999.

Toth, Elizabeth L. and Linda Aldorry, eds.
The Gender Challenge to Media: Diverse Voices from the Field.
Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 2001.

Trahant, Mark N. Pictures of Our Nobler Selves:
A History of Native American Contributions to News Media.

Nashville, TN: The Freedom Forum, 1995.

Van Dijk, Teun A. Racism and the Press.
New York: Routledge, 1991.

Veciana-Suarez, Ana. Hispanic Media: Impact and Influence.
Washington: Media Institute, 1990.

Waller, Linda, ed. Newspapers, Diversity and You.
Princeton, NJ: The Dow Jones Newspaper Fund, 1998.

Weston, Mary Ann. Native Americans in the News:
Images of Indians in the Twentieth Century Press.

Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1996.

Wickham, DeWayne. Thinking Black: Some of the
Nation's Best Black Columnists Speak Their Minds.

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1996.

Wilson, Clint C., Felix Gutierrez.
Race, Multiculturalism, and the Media.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1995.

Wolseley, Roland E. Black Achievers in American Journalism.
Nashville: James C. Winston Publishing, 1995.

----. The Black Press, U.S.A.
Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1990.



     
 
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