Trends in Racial and Ethnic Representation by Role

Percentage breakdown of white and non-white journalists across different newsroom positions, illustrating changes in workforce diversity over time.

Answers: How has racial representation in different newsroom jobs evolved?


White
	1978	1983	1993	1994	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Reporters	54	52	48	48	46	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	44	43	43	43	45	44	45	46	46	46
Photographers/Artists	10	11	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	9	8	8
Copy/Layout Editors	23	20	17	17	20	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	20	20	19	22	21	21	21
Supervisors	13	17	25	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	27	26	27	25	24	25	25

Professionals of Color
	1978	1983	1993	1994	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Reporters	67	61	53	53	51	50	50	49	48	49	49	49	49	49	47	45	47	45	44	47	46	45
Photographers/Artists	13	15	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11
Copy/Layout Editors	16	15	17	17	17	18	17	17	18	18	17	17	17	18	18	19	19	19	22	21	22	24
Supervisors	4	8	17	18	18	19	19	19	20	19	20	20	20	20	22	22	21	22	21	20	21	20
2007 to 2011, Copy/Layout Editors becomes Copy/Layout Editors/Online Producers and Photographers/Artists becomes Photographers/Artists/Videographers. 2012-2015, Copy/Layout Editors includes both Copy Editor and Producer/Designer categories, and Photographers/Artists remains Photographers/Artists/Videographers.