A survey exploring the need for news organizations in the United States to hire staff in order to increase diversity found the most important area to be representation of race or ethnicity. Racial representation in news organizations was the priority for respondents of Black ethnicity over political views, income, age, or gender, with 60 percent believing there to be a need for more racial diversity. By comparison, just 27 percent of White respondents said the same, instead focusing on the need for diversity of political views, with 35 percent citing variance of political opinion to be important.
Most important areas in which news organizations need to hire different types of reporters to increase diversity in the United States as of February 2020, by ethnicity
*All adults figure based on adults who agree news organizations should change. "No answer" percentages not shown
Question: Which of the following is the area in which news organizations most need to hire different types of reporters to increase the diversity of their reporting staffs?
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Knight Foundation. (June 25, 2020). Most important areas in which news organizations need to hire different types of reporters to increase diversity in the United States as of February 2020, by ethnicity [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132459/priorities-to-hire-reporters-for-diversity-in-news-us/
Knight Foundation. "Most important areas in which news organizations need to hire different types of reporters to increase diversity in the United States as of February 2020, by ethnicity." Chart. June 25, 2020. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132459/priorities-to-hire-reporters-for-diversity-in-news-us/
Knight Foundation. (2020). Most important areas in which news organizations need to hire different types of reporters to increase diversity in the United States as of February 2020, by ethnicity. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132459/priorities-to-hire-reporters-for-diversity-in-news-us/
Knight Foundation. "Most Important Areas in Which News Organizations Need to Hire Different Types of Reporters to Increase Diversity in The United States as of February 2020, by Ethnicity." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Jun 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132459/priorities-to-hire-reporters-for-diversity-in-news-us/
Knight Foundation, Most important areas in which news organizations need to hire different types of reporters to increase diversity in the United States as of February 2020, by ethnicity Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132459/priorities-to-hire-reporters-for-diversity-in-news-us/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Most important areas in which news organizations need to hire different types of reporters to increase diversity in the United States as of February 2020, by ethnicity [Graph], Knight Foundation, June 25, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132459/priorities-to-hire-reporters-for-diversity-in-news-us/
