Ms. Minor agreed with Ms. Barnett's sentiment that minority editors shouldn't be tokenized, but said she believes the largest challenge top editors face is the lack of mentors at the top.
For the judges, and for a minority of editors, such matters may be interesting to the public but are of no genuine public interest (or public benefit).
Laurent also spoke about his wish for the awards to educate as well as demonstrate, pointing to a lack of awareness among a minority of editors and media executives regarding the skills required to perform cutting edge data journalism.
On the other hand mainly in the case of bigger journals and publishers a minority of editors and publishers were insistent that trial registration was checked rigorously: one publisher noted "We have a whole series of checks and trial registration is included so, because we wanted everybody to include it, it's part of our initial check, along with ethics approval and consent.
I'd like to know how many people from ethnic minorities are editors at the BBC, let alone presenters and reporters.
Last week, Robin Arnette, Minority Scientists Network Editor, reported on the meeting.
In light of the results, female and minority ethnic reporters, editors and executives share their experiences of life on Fleet Street and beyond.
P13 The readers' editor on minority reporting and an age-old question of the right language.
Minority Report To the Editor: In her review of "A Bound Man," by Shelby Steele (Feb. 10), Jill Nelson says, "I've never heard a black person question Obama's blackness".
Mirza says: "These programmes have three aims, to firstly help develop writers from minority backgrounds, help commissioning editors to be more conscious of minority groups issues, and empower and source new stories from minority communities.
