An evaluative examination that challenges the media to rise above the systematic racism and sexism that persists across all channels, despite efforts to integrate.
• Gives a thorough background on the history of minority-produced media
• Highlights ideas for improving hiring practices and coverage for minorities
• Identifies the growing number of news consumers who are people of color
• Provides a chronology of diversity efforts in legacy newsrooms
• Includes material derived from interviews with experts like Dori J. Maynard with the Maynard Institute for Journalism Education and veteran journalists like Ellis Cose and Danyel Smith