‘Apartheid newsroom’: minority ethnic journalists still locked out of top jobs, report finds
Survey suggests journalists from minority ethnic backgrounds feel excluded from influential posts and seen as ‘diversity hires’
Broadcast journalists from ethnic minorities are still locked out of top jobs and face a backlash after being perceived as “diversity hires”, according to a survey of UK television newsrooms.
While there has been a sustained focus on racial diversity among Britain’s biggest broadcasters in recent years, the study concluded it had been “performed rather than embedded”, leaving minority ethnic journalists feeling excluded from influential posts and resented by colleagues.
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