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Los Angeles 2022

Investigative 2022

Voices Investigation: Journalism’s top awards lack diverse judges

In top journalism award panels, judges of color still find themselves the only member of their race or ethnicity in the room.

Voices reports

Virtual 2021

Investigative 2021

Voices Investigation: Few Black, Latinx students are editors of top college newspapers

Of the 73 editors-in-chief at award-winning college newsrooms in the Spring 2021 semester, less than 6 percent were Black, and approximately 10 percent were Latinx — significantly less than their share of the college population.

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Atlanta 2019

Investigative 2019

How America’s top newsrooms recruit interns from a small circle of colleges

Two out of three summer interns from seven top newsrooms came from among the most selective colleges in America, our analysis shows.

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Houston 2018

Investigative 2018

Mind the gap: Uncovering pay disparity in the newsroom

At WSJ, women on average made $11,700 annually less than men. We reviewed pay studies at the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and other newspapers to uncover how widespread the disparity is.

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Philadelphia 2017

Investigative 2017

Missed deadline: The delayed promise of newsroom diversity

At the nation's five largest papers, newsroom leaders are still disproportionately white.

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