Network Television Station
O&O Management Diversity Census

in conjunction with the Maynard Institute for Journalism Education and the Society of Professional Journalists.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
At a time when the news media is being forced to concentrate on issues of race for the first time since the late 1960s, a survey conducted by the National Association of Black Journalists of news managers at the 61 network-owned television stations found a

dearth of people of color, with almost no diversity in the uppermost tier.

The study, conducted during the last ten months, found that only 17% of the managers at stations owned and operated by ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC are people of color, and more than a third of the stations have no people of color at all in the managerial ranks.
"I look at the calendar and it reads 2008, but our survey numbers reflect the year 1978.  Industry leaders should be embarrassed that diversity has not taken a permanent root in their hiring practices.  Diversity is good business and to practice otherwise the business runs the risk of losing the financial support in the diverse community it serves,” said NABJ president Barbara Ciara.

According to the US Census Bureau, people of color comprise 33 percent of the national population. Of the 367 managers at the stations, only 43, or 12%, were African American, 15, or 4%, were Hispanic and 4, or 1%, were Asian. The survey found no Native Americans in managerial positions at any of these stations. Twenty-three of the stations had no people of color and 17 had only one person of color in management.
 At the general manager level, the highest-ranking position at a television news station, only three of the 57 general managers – 5.2% -- were non-white. All were African American men and worked for ABC, Fox and NBC.  CBS had no non-white general managers. There were no Hispanic or Asian general managers, nor were there any women of color. 

Among 58 news directors, 17% were non-white: eight were African American, 1 was Hispanic and 1 was Asian. All the news directors of color worked for NBC or Fox. There were no news directors of color at ABC or CBS.

Of the 53 assistant news directors, 5, or 9.4%, were African American, 1, or 1.8% were Hispanic and 1 was Asian.

There were 45 managing editors, of which 2, or 4.4%, were African American and 3, or 6.6%, were Hispanic.

There are 152 executive producers. 25, or 16.4% were African American, 8, or 5.3%, were Hispanic and 2, or 1.3%, were Asian.

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