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Chasing newsroom diversity from Jim Crow to affirmative action

Title
Chasing newsroom diversity [electronic resource] : from Jim Crow to affirmative action / Gwyneth Mellinger.
Author
Mellinger, Gwyneth.
Publication
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2013.

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Description
1 online resource (236 p.) : illustrations.
Series Statement
The history of communication
Uniform Title
Chasing newsroom diversity (Online)
Alternative Title
Chasing newsroom diversity (Online)
Subject
  • Minority journalists > United States
  • African Americans in the newspaper industry
  • Minorities in journalism > United States
  • American newspapers > History > 20th century
  • Diversity in the workplace > United States
  • Minorities > Employment > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
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.
LCCN
2012017777
OCLC
ssj0000853289
Author
Mellinger, Gwyneth.
Title
Chasing newsroom diversity [electronic resource] : from Jim Crow to affirmative action / Gwyneth Mellinger.
Imprint
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2013.
Series
The history of communication
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available onsite at NYPL
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