In the United States, for example, most news media organizations have been staffed by white males, with relatively little gender or racial diversity among their journalist employees. Despite a half...

In the United States, for example, most news media organizations have been staffed by white males, with relatively little gender or racial diversity among their journalist employees. Despite a half century of concerted effort to increase diversity, the numbers of women and minorities in most newsrooms have continued to lag behind the percentage of women and racial minorities in society at large.