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The Nature of Journalism Courses Devoted to Diversity
Academic journal article from Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, Vol. 55, No. 1
Beginning of article
The mass media have been dealing with their role in a pluralistic society since the 1968 Kerner Commission report criticized the news media for presenting information from a white male perspective. Though the report focused on the portrayals of AfricanAmericans, the news media have also used it to gauge their progress in their portrayals and hiring of people from other racial groups.
Journalism educators actively began to address this concern when the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC) in 1982 required journalism programs to make effective efforts to recruit, advise, and retain minority students, staff, and women faculty members. Known …
