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We need more data for 2014 ASNE census

 
Thank you to those of you for completing our 2014 newsroom census. We're still gathering data. If you haven't filled out the survey, please do it as soon as possible, and help us accurately measure diversity in U.S. newsrooms. If your organization needs a link to our survey, contact asne@asne.org
 

Thank you to those of you for completing our 2014 newsroom census. We're still gathering data. If you haven't filled out the survey, please do it as soon as possible, and help us accurately measure diversity in U.S. newsrooms. If your organization needs a link to our survey, contact asne@asne.org

 

A primary mission of ASNE is to have the percentage of minorities working in newsrooms nationwide equal to that of minorities in the nation's population by 2025. The census has become a tool for measuring the success of this mission. Learn more about the Newsroom Employment Census, and see the results available since 1997. 

 

A significant grant from the Robert R. McCormick Foundation funds this important research. ASNE has had great success since partnering for the first time in 2012 with the Center for Advanced Social Research -- led by Director Kenneth Fleming -- at the Missouri School of Journalism. In 2012, the response rate jumped from the usual 60 percent to about 71 percent, the highest in our census history. It was also about 71 percent last year. We are confident that we can increase our response rate and make this information even more meaningful.

 

We hope to announce the census results this summer. 

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