Written by: Keith Rushing, Inthefray.com Columnist

White News: Why Local News Programs Don't Cover People of Color
By Don Heider | Lawrence Erlbaum Associates | 2000
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Within the Veil: Black Journalists, White Media
By Pamela Newkirk | New York University Press | 2000
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American Society of Newspaper Editors
www.asne.org
Reston, Virginia

Freedom Forum
www.freedomforum.org
Private foundation devoted to free-press issues

Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education
www.maynardije.org
Oakland, California
Provides training and services to help news media reflect America's diversity in content, staffing, and business operations

National Association of Black Journalists
www.nabj.org
Adelphi, Maryland
A non-profit organization dedicated to increasing newsroom diversity in both print and broadcast media

"ASNE's 2000 Newsroom Census"
www.asne.org/kiosk/diversity/2000Survey/2000CensusReport.html
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Breakdown of the editorial staffs of U.S. newspapers by race and gender

Newsroom Diversity: Meeting the Challenge
www.freedomforum.org/publications/diversity/meetingthechallenge/meetingthechallenge.pdf
By Lawrence T. McGill | Freedom Forum | 2000
Link to the downloadable PDF version of this comprehensive report on newsroom diversity

"Number of minority-owned TV stations drops"
www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=12886
Associated Press | January 17, 2001

The Chicago Defender
www.pbs.org/blackpress/news_bios/defender.html
The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords
History of the African American newspaper, from the Web site of a documentary

The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords
www.pbs.org/blackpress/index.html
By Stanley Nelson | PBS | 1999
A documentary chronicling the history of America's black newspapers

"Ethnic press provides urgency, connection that's missing in mainstream, panelists say"
www.freedomforum.org/errorpages/404.asp?404;http://www.freedomforum.org/professional/1999/6/16ethnicpress.asp
By Beverly Kees | Pacific Coast Center | June 16, 1999

The Pittsburgh Courier
www.pbs.org/blackpress/news_bios/courier.html
The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords
History of the African American newspaper, from the Web site of a documentary

"Driving While Black: Racial Profiling on Our Nation's Highways"
www.aclu.org/profiling/report/index.html
By David A. Harris | American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) | June 1999