Chasing newsroom diversity : from Jim Crow to affirmative action /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mellinger, Gwyneth
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2013.
Series:	History of communication.
Subjects:	Minorities > Employment > United States. Diversity in the workplace > United States. American newspapers > History > 20th century. Minorities in journalism > United States. African Americans in the newspaper industry. Minority journalists > United States. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction: the black and white of newspapers
Manning the barricade: maintaining the white prerogative in the face of change, 1954-1967
Seeking justice in a climate of irony: the hiring initiative's uneasy prelude, 1968-1976
"A sensitive and difficult task": establishing a framework for newsroom integration, 1977-1989
The gay Nineties: reimagining and renegotiating a multicultural newsroom
Diversity in crisis: ASNE's time of reckoning, 1998-2002
Afterword: closing a chapter of newspaper history.