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Change: UNFINISHEDIn May/June of 2004, Steve Rendall and Daniel Butterworth of FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting) published a study of NPR’s guests and commentators in their article, “How Public is Public Radio." Even though NPR president Kevin Klose said that diversity and inclusivity were among NPR’s
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Change: representations.” SourcesSteve Rendall and Daniel Butterworth, "How Public is Public Radio" EXTRA. May/June 2004 <http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1180>Carlos Cortes, "A Long Way to Go: Minorities and the Media" Media and Values, issue 38 1987 <http://www.medialit.org/reading_room/article231.html#bio>"Media Consolidation Diminishes Diversity on the Radio" Hear Us Now, 6 May 2007 <http://www.hearusnow.org/homepage/00/1/mediaconsolidationdiminishesdiversityontheradio/>
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Change: betterbalanced story. How We Can Make it BetterThis reporter concludes that although NPR's coverage of minorities was low, what was more important was how minorities were covered. The feature stories done by All Things Considered are
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Change: At the same time, it shouldn't always take someone of the same ethnic background to create a better story.How We Can Make it BetterThis reporter concludes that although NPR's coverage of minorities was the minority,low, what was more important was how minorities were covered.
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Change: minorities were covered. The feature stories done by All Things Considered are something that all journalists should strive for. By creating a different perspective on minority communities, there is a more balanced view of how minorities are seen by others. Even though diversity in both
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Change: Even though diversity in both newsrooms and coverage is going to always be a struggle, it is important for journalists to strive for better balance because it affects everyone in all comunities. Mark Lloyd, said in an email interview that “no
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Change: In Dough: A Memoir,________ tells the story of an immigrant family and their daily life at their bakery from the 1940s through the '60s.What it MeansNPR's coverage of minorities had a balanced perspective. There are many factors that contribute to this including staff and money.Colleen Eddy
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Change: part of minority coverage: immigration, race, class, gender, disability and elderly. On Morning Edition, 31 percent of coverage went to Race, 29 percent to immigration, 17 percent to class, 13 percent
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Change: This reporter considered the following topics as minority coverage: immigration, race, class, gender, disabilities and the elderly.In addition the way they were covered was diverse in perspective. Stereotyping: NPR does many traditional stories relating to minorities such as
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Change: Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and author of Prologue to a Farce: Communication and Democracy in America, said in an email interview that “no group is particularly well (if that means accurately
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Change: NPR says on its website that it employs "more than 700 people around the world, people that represent a wide range of different generations, cultural histories, racial and sexual identities, educational backgrounds, spiritual beliefs, physical abilities, and professional aspirations."Lloyd said, "media operating in America
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Change: A Long Way to Go: Minorities and the Media" that is now on the Center for Media Literacy Website that whether intentionally or unintentionally, both the news and the
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Change: In Dough: A Memoir, is the culmination of that dream. It's also a story of daily life at the family's bakery from the 1940s through the '60s and a snapshot of immigrant life in New York.What it MeansThough NPR's coverage was balanced, there
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Change: UNFINISHEDIn May/June of 2004, Steve Rendall and Daniel Butterworth of FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting) published a study of NPR’s guests and commentators in their article, “How Public is Public Radio." Even though they reported that NPR president Kevin Klose said that diversity and inclusivity were among
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Change: Though NPR's coverage was fair and balanced, there could be improvement. There are many reasonsfactors that forcontribute to lack of coverage or lack of diverse coverage including staff, money, and conssolidation.consolidation. Colleen Eddy of Poynter Institue, a school for journalism pointstold this outreporter that
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Change: Lloyd said, "media operating in America (including the New York Times and The Nation) are trapped in the dominant structural problems of America: a tendency to put the short-term desires of powerful market players first; racism reinforcedthrough continuing segregation, and sexism reinforced by
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Change: In a Free Press study called, “Off the dial: female and Minority Radio station owners in the United States,” it showed that that media consolidation
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Change: Edition and class.11.5 percent of stories covered minority issues on All Things Considered. Though minorities were the minority in getting news coverage, the way they were covered was more diverse. NPR not only did stories on issues that affected minorities but Thalso included feature stories featuring minorities.
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