Minorities in Journalism
I have a few of questions:
As a college student studying communications, and with aspirations to be a career broadcast/print journalist, I've found that overwhelmingly that PBS, BBC News, and a few good print and broadcast journalists take their work seriously, and still turn out an exemplary product. What do you think are some challenges journalism faces, and do you think that journalism quality has declined because of the state of the industry or that some journalists aren't as good as the ones the replaced?
As an African-American, I am troubled by the lack of women and minorities in executive positions at newspapers, TV, and radio stations. Do you have any insights into why minorities and women don't advance quickly, or don't advance to administrative positions in news agencies?
How did you start as a journalist, and who do you look to as a mentor, inside or outside of the journalism community?
