"The American Society of Newspaper Editors conference drew the industry's gatekeepers - editors from major dailies to small papers - whose concerns ranged from declining circulation to reaching young readers to freedom of information to the future of newspapers.

But the conference also included something more significant - the release of the group's annual report that measures how the industry is doing in hiring and keeping minority journalists.

The good news: The number of Asians, blacks and Hispanics increased between 2004 and 2005.

And the bad: American Indians were the only group to see a decrease, dropping from 313 to 295 newspeople."

Get the Story:
Jodi Rave: Indians unrepresented in newsrooms (The Billings Gazette 4/24)

Relevant Links:
Jodi Rave Lee - http://www.missoulian.com/jodirave

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