Latino journalists losing ground in U.S. daily newspapers

By Percy Luján, The Associated Press/Standard-Examiner

As job losses have devastated U.S. daily newspapers, the disparity between the percentage of Hispanics in the newsroom and in the general population has widened. That can affect coverage of issues important to Latinos and others.

The annual census by the American Society of News Editors shows that Latinos represent an even 4 percent of newsroom employees on daily papers, while comprising 17 percent of the U.S. population.

That’s the lowest Hispanic participation rate since 2001, when they made up 3.9 percent. It peaked at 4.6 percent in 2009.

In 2001, the nation’s dailies had 2,098 Hispanics in newsroom jobs. By last year, the number had fallen to 1,512.

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