Prying open closed-Minded Newsrooms.

Thompson, Garland L.

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Publication Date: 1989

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Prying open closed-Minded Newsrooms.

Thompson, Garland L.

Social Education, v53 n3 p163-64 Mar 1989

Examines at the impact that the Kerner Commission Report of 1979 has had in minority hiring practices in U.S. news media. More minorities are being hired, but growth is very slow. Views the increasing membership of minority-oriented journalism groups as a positive sign. (LS)

Descriptors: Asian Americans, Blacks, Employment Practices, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Hispanic Americans, Minority Group Influences, Minority Groups, News Media, Professional Associations, Racial Discrimination, Social Change

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