Thursday, March 28, 2024

University of Central Florida Report: Little Diversity Found in Sports Departments

jason whitlock
Jason Lee Whitlock is a sportswriter for ESPN, and a former columnist at the Kansas City Star, AOL Sports, and Foxsports.com

*(Via Black Press USA) – The number of jobs held by people of color and women in sports departments at newspapers and websites remains low, with most jobs dominated by white males, according to a study released Wednesday.

The report by the University of Central Florida’s Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports once again gave the more than 100 outlets that belong to the Associated Press Sports Editors a C-plus grade for racial hiring and its fourth consecutive failing grade for gender hires in jobs that include sports editor, columnist, reporter and copy editor.

The biennial report is the fifth on APSE since 2006.

Last year, 91.5 percent of sports editors, 90.2 percent of assistant sports editors, 83.5 percent of columnists, 85 percent of reporters and 83.3 percent of copy editors or designers were white. Also, 90.1 percent of sports editors were men.

“The report card is disappointing and shows how far we have to go,” said Mike Sherman, APSE’s president and sports editor of The Oklahoman.

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