Well, at least the Register & Bee is in poor company - with Chicago newspapers.
A recent study as reported in Editor & Publisher says
"Newspaper Sports Departments Mostly Male, White"
Surprise...surprise...surprise...as Gomer Pyle would say....
By Mark Fitzgerald
Published: June 26, 2008 4:10 PM ET
CHICAGO Newspaper sports departments remain nearly all white and male -- and progress towards diversity is painfully slow, concludes a "report card" on sports staffing released Thursday at the annual meeting of Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE).
The report by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports (TIDES) surveyed 378 APSE member newspapers and Web sites, and said they had earned a "C" for "racial hiring practices," and an "F" for gender hiring practices.
"This report shows that in 2008, 94% of the sports editors; 89% of the assistant sports editors; 88% of our columnists; 87% of our reporters; and 89% of our copy editors/designers are white, and those same positions are 94%, 90%, 94%, 91%, and 84% male," wrote Richard Lapchick, director of TIDES, which is housed at the University of Central Florida. MORE
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