Interviewing the interviewers: Journalistic norms and racial diversity in the newsroom

Howard Journal of Communications

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 242-259

  Nishikawa, Katsuo A ^a   Towner, Terri L ^b   Clawson, Rosalee A ^c   Waltenburg, Eric N ^c  

^a TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advocacy; Balance; Diversity; Journalistic norms; Minority journalists; Newsroom

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449674569     PISSN: 10646175     EISSN: 10964649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10646170903070175     Document Type: Article

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