Diversity in America's Opinion Pages

The following material is preserved from the original AOJ website as of December 2016 and should be considered historical.

Compiled by members of the Association of Opinion Journalists as of Fall 2016.
List organizer is AOJ diversity chair Richard Prince (richardprince@hotmail.com)

African-American Opinion Writers

Leona Allen, Dallas Morning News
- http://dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com/author/ldallen/
Nancy Ancrum, Miami Herald (Editorial board Editor)
- http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorial-board/article1933442.html
Max Anderson, Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, N.Y., community conversation coordinator
- http://static.democratandchronicle.com/roc/editorial-board/
Charles M. Blow, New York Times, visual op-ed columnist
- http://topics.nytimes.com/top/opinion/editorialsandoped/oped/columnists/charles_m_blow/index.html
Alberta Brooks(Phillips), Austin American-Statesman
- http://www.statesman.com/staff/alberta-phillips-brooks/
Sharon Broussard, Northeast Ohio Media Group (Plain Dealer, Cleveland)
- http://connect.cleveland.com/staff/sbroussa/index.html
- http://www.cleveland.com/opinion/index.ssf/2008/10/the_plain_dealer_editorial_tea.html
Roger Brown, Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville
- http://jacksonville.com/users/roger-brown
Dawn Bracely, Buffalo News
- http://www.theopedproject.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=97&Itemid=129
Jonathan Capehart, Washington Post
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/jonathan-capehart
James Causey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, editorial columnist, writer
- http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/UncommonCausey.html
Rick Christie, Palm Beach Post (Editorial Page Editor)
- http://www.palmbeachpost.com/staff/rick-christie/
Sherri Day, Tampa Bay Times
- http://www.tampabay.com/writers/sherri-day
Jarvis DeBerry, Times-Picayune, New Orleans, editorial writer and columnist
- http://connect.nola.com/user/jdeberry/index.html
Lewis Diuguid, Kansas City Star, columnist, editorial board member
- http://www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/lewis-diuguid/#navlink=subnav
Byron Dobson, Tallahassee Democrat
- http://www.tallahassee.com/opinion/byron-dobson/
Tara Trower Doolittle, Austin American Statesman (EPE, or Viewpoints editor)
- http://www.statesman.com/weblogs/viewpoints/2014/jan/14/heres-inside-scoop-trower-doolittle/
Marietta English, WXYZ-TV Detroit account executive, sits on editorial board
- http://www.abcactionnews.com/web/wxyz/news/politics/editorials
Vanessa Gallman, Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader (EPE)
- http://www.kentucky.com/opinion/editorials/article44776638.html
Robert George, New York Post
- http://nypost.com/author/robert-george/
Charita Goshay, The Repository, Canton, Ohio, columnist and reporter
- http://www.cantonrep.com/article/20151122/OPINION/151129951
Stephen Henderson, Detroit Free Press (EPE)
- http://archive.freep.com/article/99999999/COL33/90813027/About-Stephen-Henderson
Andre Jackson, Atlanta Journal-Constitution (EPE)
- http://www.ajc.com/staff/andre-jackson/
Harold Jackson, Philadelphia Inquirer (EPE)
- http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/harold_jackson
Allen Johnson, News & Record, Greensboro, N.C. (EPE)
- http://www.greensboro.com/blogs/thinking_out_loud/
Denise Johnson, Star Tribune, Minneapolis
- http://www.startribune.com/bios/119146939.html
Marcia Lythcott, Chicago Tribune (op-ed page editor)
- http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-08-07/opinion/chi-editlythcott_1_speed-bump-traffic-circle-traffic-light
Bill Maxwell, Tampa Bay (Fla.) Times
- http://www.tampabay.com/writers/bill-maxwell/
Byron McCauley, Indianapolis Star; content coach; community press/community recorder
- http://www.cincinnati.com/story/opinion/editorials/2015/05/15/new-addition-enquirer-editorial-board/27369923/
Jim Mitchell, Dallas Morning News
- http://dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com/author/jmitchell/
Caille Millner, San Francisco Chronicle
- http://www.sfchronicle.com/author/caille-millner/
Tony Norman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, columnist, editorial board
- http://old.post-gazette.com/columnists/bio_norman.asp
Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, columnist, editorial writer
- http://www.chicagotribune.com/chi-081001clarence-page-bio-htmlstory.html
Jason Riley, Wall Street Journal
- http://topics.wsj.com/person/R/jason-riley/5678
Eileen Rivers, USA Today
- http://www.usatoday.com/reporters/opinion.html
Erika D. Smith, Sacramento Bee
- http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/erika-d-smith/
Brent Staples, New York Times
- http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/author/brent-staples/
Chuck Stokes, WXYZ-TV, Detroit
- http://www.wxyz.com/about-us/staff/chuck-stokes
Spencer Whitney, San Francisco Chronicle, assistant editorial page editor
- http://www.sfchronicle.com/author/spencer-whitney/

Hispanic Opinion Writers

Brian Calle, Orange County Register (Opinion editor, bcalle@ocregister.com)
- http://www.ocregister.com/common/archives/?catID=19857
John Diaz, San Francisco Chronicle (EPE)
- http://www.sfchronicle.com/author/john-diaz/
Veronica Flores-Paniagua, Houston Chronicle, Outlook editor
- http://blog.chron.com/chronopinion/author/veronicaflores/
Al Franco, Desert Sun, Palm Springs, Calif., engagement editor/opinion and social
- http://www.desertsun.com/staff/26243/al-franco/
Mariel Garza, Los Angeles Times
- http://www.latimes.com/la-bio-mariel-garza-staff.html
Ernesto Londono, New York Times
- http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/author/ernesto-londono/
Patricia Lopez, Star Tribune, Minneapolis
- http://www.startribune.com/patricia-lopez/10645321/
Gloria Padilla, San Antonio Express-News (gpadilla@express-news.net)
O. Ricardo Pimentel, San Antonio Express-News (editorial columnist)
- http://www.expressnews.com/author/o-ricardo-pimentel/
David Plazas, Tennessean, Nashville; opinion engagement editor
- http://www.tennessean.com/staff/10042282/david-plazas/
Dante Ramos, Boston Globe, deputy editorial page editor
- https://www.bostonglobe.com/staff/ramos
Gissela SantaCruz, Austin American-Statesman, editorial writer and columnist
- http://www.statesman.com/staff/gissela-santacruz/
Robert Seltzer, San Antonio Express-News, public editor and editorial board member
- http://www.expressnews.com/author/robert-seltzer/
Bianca Torres, Seattle Times
- http://nahj.org/seattle-times-welcomes-first-latina-editorial-board-member/
Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles News Group
- http://www.presstelegram.com/editorialboard
Juan Vasquez, Miami Herald
- http://www.miamiherald.com/editorial-board/
Luisa Yanez, Miami Herald
- http://www.miamiherald.com/editorial-board/

Asian American Opinion Writers

Vikas Bajaj, New York Times (business, international economics)
- http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/opinion/editorialboard.html
Mike Hashimoto, Dallas Morning News
- http://dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com/author/mhashimoto/
Thuan Le Elston, USA Today
- http://www.usatoday.com/reporters/opinion.html
Amitabh Pal, Progressive Media Project (“the op-ed service I'm the co-editor of, doesn't have an editorial board per se, but I'm certainly one of the main staff.”)
- http://progressive.org/users/amitabh-pal
Michelle Poblete, USA Today
- http://www.usatoday.com/reporters/opinion.html
Foon Rhee, Sacramento Bee, Associate editor, editorial writer and Viewpoints editor
- http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/foon-rhee/
Masaru Tamamoto, New York Times (international affairs)
- http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/opinion/editorialboard.html
Thanh Tan, Seattle Times, multimedia editorial writer
- http://www.seattletimescompany.com/editorial/staff.htm
James Dao, op-ed editor, New York Times
- http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/06/business/media/james-dao-to-become-new-york-timess-op-ed-editor.html?ref=media
Terry Tang, New York Times, deputy editorial page editor
- http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/opinion/editorialboard.html

Native American Opinion Writers

Karen Lincoln Michel, WISC-TV, Madison, Wis.
- http://www.channel3000.com/madison-magazine/business-city-life/33546670