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Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Philadelphia newspaper owner pledges response to diversity complaints

Philadelphia newspaper owner pledges response to diversity complaints
In StarTribune.com Business
PHILADELPHIA -- The owner of The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News has pledged to create a new diversity committee in response to complaints that recent Inquirer newsroom layoffs disproportionately affected minorities. Seven minority employees met with management on Tuesday and the papers' owner, Philadelphia Media Holdings, pledged to create the committee that will explore ways to hire more minority journalists, said Melanie Burney, an education reporter at the Inquirer and an executive board member of the National Association of Black Journalists.

 



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