What percentage of newsroom staff in print compared to online organizations were journalists of color in 2016?

This data shows the percentage of journalists of color in daily print and online-only news organizations, providing an overall comparison of diversity levels across different newsroom types.

201620172018 FT only2018 FT +PT
Daily Print16.65%16.31%21.58%21.46%
Online-Only23.26%24.32%24.64%24.91%
Overall16.94%16.55%21.82%21.76%

This data was captured before API’s ownership of the survey. Read more about data integrity.

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