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Parity Project
Parity Project Facts
The goals of the Parity Project are to dramatically increase the number of Latino journalists working at partnering media companies and to improve the quality of news coverage of the Hispanic community. To achieve this, the project develops long-term, holistic partnerships between NAHJ, the individual media company and the Latino community in cities with large and growing Latino populations.
The overall goal of NAHJ’s Parity Project is to serve as a model that the entire journalism industry can emulate when it comes to improving newsroom diversity and coverage of diverse communities.
Key Statistics about the Parity Project
- Date Parity Project launched: April 2003
- Companies currently in project: 25 (20 newspapers, 4 television stations, NPR)
- Project launches: 25
- Full-time Latino journalists employed at those companies when project started: 166
- Number hired since project began: 143
- Number for whom this was their first professional job: 34
- Number of part-time journalists and interns hired through project: 42
- Companies where net number of Latino journalists increased: 24
- Companies where net number of Latino journalists stayed the same: 1
- Companies where net number of Latino journalists declined: 0
Best Performing Companies
- The Rocky Mountain News has doubled its staff in two years – from 11 to 25.
- The Corpus Christi Caller-Times went from 17 Latinos on staff to 23 in one year
- The San Angelo Standard-Times has doubled its Latino staff in two years -- from 3 to 7
Other Accomplishments
- 34 Town Hall meetings held with more than 1,600 participants
- 35 cultural awareness sessions conducted close to 1,200 newsroom professionals
2005 Parity Project Two-Year Fact Sheet (PDF)
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Project Successes
Parity Partners Connect with Latino Community
Since NAHJ launched the Parity Project in April 2003, many partnering companies have formed closer working relationships with leaders in the Latino community by forming advisory committees. These committees have helped partnering media companies gain greater understanding of the Latino community.
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Parity Project Achieves New Milestones
Partner media companies have made significant efforts in hiring more Latinos in their newsrooms.
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Parity Project Newspapers Outpace Industry Trends
Several media companies partnering with the project have achieved record-level of diversity in their newsrooms.
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What people are saying about the Parity Project:
"The NAHJ Parity Project has been an invaluable jump start in our efforts to know Tampa's Hispanic communities better and to do journalism that better reflects the realities of everyday life in our community. Our community advisory panel, which is part of the Parity Project, has measurably increased our contacts and sources among Tampa Hispanics. NAHJ has also helped us find quality job prospects to increase the diversity of our staff."
-Gil Thelen, publisher of The Tampa Tribune
"I'm grateful to work for a company that truly appreciates diversity in the newsroom, as evidenced by the Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers' partnership with NAHJ and its commitment to the Parity Project. Because of Scripps' partnership with the Parity Project, I think my hiring was not only about my experience and ability, but also the company's concern about representing the community it covers."
-Rebecca Panoff, reporter at the Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers hired through the Parity Project
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