Data on the ethnicity of top editors in selected countries shows that the United States increased the share of non-white editors from 2020 to 2021, with the share of non-white top news editors growing from 11 to 18 percent in that time. Meanwhile, the top editorial jobs in Germany and the United Kingdom were held exclusively by white people.
Proportion of non-white top editors in news outlets in selected countries in 2020 and 2021
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Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. (March 21, 2021). Proportion of non-white top editors in news outlets in selected countries in 2020 and 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249491/non-white-editors-worldwide/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. "Proportion of non-white top editors in news outlets in selected countries in 2020 and 2021." Chart. March 21, 2021. Statista. Accessed November 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249491/non-white-editors-worldwide/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. (2021). Proportion of non-white top editors in news outlets in selected countries in 2020 and 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249491/non-white-editors-worldwide/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. "Proportion of Non-white Top Editors in News Outlets in Selected Countries in 2020 and 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Mar 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249491/non-white-editors-worldwide/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Proportion of non-white top editors in news outlets in selected countries in 2020 and 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249491/non-white-editors-worldwide/ (last visited November 18, 2024)
Proportion of non-white top editors in news outlets in selected countries in 2020 and 2021 [Graph], Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, March 21, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249491/non-white-editors-worldwide/
