Racial and gender composition of newsroom employees who were not in leadership roles, comparing trends across different demographics.
Answers: How diverse were newsroom staff members who were not in leadership positions?
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 FT only | 2018 FT +PT | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | Men | 51.45% | 81.74% | Men | 52.12% | 83.16% | Men | 47.27% | 77.02% | 46.67% | 77.18% |
| White | Women | 30.29% | Women | 31.04% | Women | 29.75% | 30.51% | ||||
| Black or African American | Men | 2.96% | 5.54% | Men | 3.02% | 5.64% | Men | 3.85% | 7.40% | 3.79% | 7.41% |
| Black or African American | Women | 2.58% | Women | 2.62% | Women | 3.55% | 3.62% | ||||
| Hispanic or Latino/a/x | Men | 3.26% | 5.87% | Men | 3.09% | 5.56% | Men | 3.90% | 7.24% | 3.84% | 7.19% |
| Hispanic or Latino/a/x | Women | 2.61% | Women | 2.47% | Women | 3.34% | 3.34% | ||||
| Native American or Alaska Native | Men | 0.20% | 0.37% | Men | 0.20% | 0.36% | Men | 0.16% | 0.34% | 0.16% | 0.35% |
| Native American or Alaska Native | Women | 0.18% | Women | 0.16% | Women | 0.17% | 0.19% | ||||
| Asian or Asian American | Men | 1.99% | 4.65% | Men | 1.88% | 4.28% | Men | 2.88% | 6.94% | 2.81% | 6.78% |
| Asian or Asian American | Women | 2.66% | Women | 2.39% | Women | 4.06% | 3.97% | ||||
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | Men | 0.11% | 0.18% | Men | 0.09% | 0.13% | Men | 0.08% | 0.16% | 0.07% | 0.17% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | Women | 0.06% | Women | 0.04% | Women | 0.08% | 0.10% | ||||
| Biracial or Multiracial | Men | 0.86% | 1.64% | Men | 0.30% | 0.57% | Men | 0.36% | 0.90% | 0.37% | 0.92% |
| Biracial or Multiracial | Women | 0.78% | Women | 0.27% | Women | 0.54% | 0.55% | ||||
| Unknown | Did not measure in 2016 | Men | 0.16% | 0.29% | Men | Did not measure in 2018 | |||||
| Unknown | Women | 0.13% | Women | ||||||||
Unknown - Very small numbers of employees at some organizations are listed as unknown race because they desired not to provide the information. | |||||||||||
