Racial and ethnic diversity in internships by newspaper circulation

How diverse were newsroom internship programs, and did representation vary by newspaper size?

This data shows a breakdown of internship representation among journalists of color across different newspaper circulation categories, showing access to early career opportunities.


	> 500,000		250,000-500,000		100,001-250,000		50,001-100,000		25,001-50,000		10,001-25,000		5,001-10,000		<=5,000		Regional Hubs		Totals
	No.	Pct.	No.	Pct.	No.	Pct.	No.	Pct.	No.	Pct.	No.	Pct.	No.	Pct.	No.	Pct.			No.	Pct.
2015	54	22.4	83	23.3	115	28.8	33	20.3	47	26.1	46	11.1	40	17.6	28	33.3	4	100.0	450	27.3
2014	49	23.5	43	17.5	74	24.1	49	24.8	58	12.1	59	19.7	34	21.2	9	19.0	5	11.1	382	22.8
2013	16	62.5	13	33.3	29	17.1	19	23.3	57	17.2	88	17.4	38	10.8	24	11.4	N/A	N/A	285	18.4
2012	27	31.4	99	27.4	119	36.2	80	28.1	92	29.8	114	23.9	43	9.4	20	14.3	N/A	N/A	595	27.2
2011	50	30.7	95	35	106	26	78	27.1	60	18.5	76	20.5	37	20.7	7	8.7	N/A	N/A	547	24.4
2010	50	33.6	78	30.3	115	29.3	84	30	115	30.4	45	17.4	25	21.6	5	7.3	N/A	N/A	540	27.4
2009	43	26.9	75	39.6	147	32.3	78	29.5	88	20.4	81	20.5	30	20.4	6	8.5	N/A	N/A	569	26.4
2008	51	37.7	76	36.9	185	37.1	115	30.1	136	27.7	102	21.1	33	15.9	3	3.5	N/A	N/A	706	28
2007	53	42.9	120	44	169	37.1	115	28.5	110	19.4	86	19.9	12	6	19	3.5	N/A	N/A	677	26.6
2006	62	50.9	164	47.5	164	35.1	163	33.9	133	28.9	108	20.9	34	14.6	7	7	N/A	N/A	848	30.7
2005	74	45.6	176	48.8	187	38.2	126	28.7	205	36.3	135	25	43	17.9	2	3.2	N/A	N/A	948	33.2
2004	70	41	150	45.6	169	36.5	121	30.1	189	37.7	111	23.7	25	12	12	11.5	N/A	N/A	852	32.2
2003	54	42.2	149	44.9	183	41.5	119	27.1	162	34.1	119	21.8	31	13.7	9	8	N/A	N/A	827	30.6
2002	62	48.1	180	46.8	206	41	133	28.9	142	29.9	126	23.8	18	8.3	4	3.8	N/A	N/A	870	31.1
2001	72	48.3	187	47	211	40.9	178	26.8	136	25.7	109	20.3	24	10.2	7	4.4	N/A	N/A	923	29
2000	61	50.5	176	50.6	218	43.3	160	29.5	107	23.6	106	20.7	35	17.9	16	13.2	N/A	N/A	880	31.4
1999	57	41.3	166	49.2	193	45	150	30.5	104	23.4	117	23	55	19.9	12	10.2	N/A	N/A	855	32.8
1998	41	36	160	45.3	217	45.2	152	35.8	136	33.9	119	24.2	22	9.9	12	13.3	N/A	N/A	859	33.3
1997	93	55	173	46.9	211	43.8	139	35.5	125	33.5	78	19.5	29	14	13	18.6	N/A	N/A	861	35
1996	108	55.1	163	52.5	203	48.6	173	42.3	153	33.7	74	19.5	33	14.8	7	8.3	N/A	N/A	914	37
1995	94	44.6	154	50.2	214	47.1	207	44.4	118	29.6	94	22	25	11.9	11	14.3	N/A	N/A	916	36
1994	90	47.6	129	51.7	205	47.4	212	44.4	131	36.5	116	25.6	29	18.1	6	10.3	N/A	N/A	917	38.7
1993	82	46.3	134	50.4	222	49.3	190	46.8	149	35.1	108	27.4	24	13.8	15	21.6	N/A	N/A	924	39.2
1992	118	53.9	135	50.9	186	50	222	48	118	34.1	97	26.8	35	15.6	6	8.8	N/A	N/A	917	39.6
1988	112	42.3	85	41	194	30	178	31.8	114	25.9	76	16.7	27	11.5	10	12.5	N/A	N/A	796	27.5
*Note: Regional hubs were not counted separately until 2014.