NBA Editor/USA TODAY

[Joe Williams]

Hiring a journalist of color would be a "W" for the sports editor in this situation. Otherwise, it's like he's telling his boss, "I don't care about diversity" and "I didn't try very hard to care."

But when that SE wants to become an ME and learns that they're determined to promote/hire for diversity, he whines like a baby. Same with the ME aspiring to be EE. That's where they're all big phonies.

 

[thegrifter]

Hiring a journalist of color would be a "W" for the sports editor in this situation. Otherwise, it's like he's telling his boss, "I don't care about diversity" and "I didn't try very hard to care."

But when that SE wants to become an ME and learns that they're determined to promote/hire for diversity, he whines like a baby. Same with the ME aspiring to be EE. That's where they're all big phonies.

That's the funny part. We read about there only being X number of minority sports editors in the country, but there's nothing any of us can do about that. That's a problem from above.
And wasn't the previous NBA editor white?

 

[Joe Williams]

Oscar Dixon was the previous NBA editor, who left recently for an AP job in Atlanta, IIRC.
His former bosses seem to believe that the position can only be helmed by another person of color.

 

[thegrifter]

well, I usually don't care who's brought in, as long as they don't fork it up. Though, it looks like this one isn't gettin filled anyway.

 

[donaugust]

This is USA Today people -- every sports hiring takes months, whether it's agate, desk, writer or editor.

 

[Joe Williams]

The belief that white males dominate the ranks of sports editors should start losing steam.

In last three to four years, many, many of the most desirable jobs have been filled by women or journalists of color. There has been tons of progress.

Examples include Sacramento and Riverside. San Jose, too, until the most recent sports editor stepped down.

Also, the Washington Post.

And the Orlando Sentinel and Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel.

And the Miami Herald.


And Atlanta.

And Kansas City.

And Nashville and Norfolk.

As well as Houston.

Also, the Detroit News.

Ditto for the last two top editors of ESPN.com, if you count the Web.

And the top deputies in Boston and at the NY Times ..... and AP, too.

The top three officers in APSE are journalists of color.

Should start losing steam. But will it?

 

[thegrifter]

The belief that white males dominate the ranks of sports editors should start losing steam.

In last three to four years, many, many of the most desirable jobs have been filled by women or journalists of color. There has been tons of progress.

Examples include Sacramento and Riverside. San Jose, too, until the most recent sports editor stepped down.

Also, the Washington Post.

And the Orlando Sentinel and Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel.

And the Miami Herald.


And Atlanta.

And Kansas City.

And Nashville and Norfolk.

As well as Houston.

Also, the Detroit News.

Ditto for the last two top editors of ESPN.com, if you count the Web.

And the top deputies in Boston and at the NY Times ..... and AP, too.

The top three officers in APSE are journalists of color.

Dude, are you a forkn idiot?
I normally don't come after anyone on these threads, but have you been to an APSE convention? It's full of white men.
Sure, there's progress, but give me a forkin break.
You fire off a bunch of papers with minority sports editors, but that doesn't even total the number of sports editors in most states.
assklown!

 

[MMatt60]

Grifter, you're quite the wordsmith.

I'm a member of a couple of minority groups, so maybe I see some things you don't see.

I see a clear trend in recent years to give journalists of color and women and other minorities a huge chance when a top sports editor job opens.

When one of the "white guys" you mention stumbles or retires or gets out of the business, it's often a minority who steps in. I'm talking about the last five years or so, as I said in my post.

You also might be dealing in a lot of stereotypes. Those "white men" you casually dismiss include Hispanics and gays.

That's all part of diversity.

 

[thegrifter]

Grifter, you're quite the wordsmith.

I'm a member of a couple of minority groups, so maybe I see some things you don't see.

I see a clear trend in recent years to give journalists of color and women and other minorities a huge chance when a top sports editor job opens.

When one of the "white guys" you mention stumbles or retires or gets out of the business, it's often a minority who steps in. I'm talking about the last five years or so, as I said in my post.

You also might be dealing in a lot of stereotypes. Those "white men" you casually dismiss include Hispanics and gays.

That's all part of diversity.

Damn, my bad on the rip last night. Must have been the coffee.
But there aren't as many opportunities as you think. From what I understand, while there is a drive to hire minorities for some of these positions, many editors, myself included, simply don't know where to look for QUALIFIED minority candidates.
And two friends of mine even said they removed groups like NAHJ and NABJ from their resumes out of fear of being labeled a minority hire.
Yes, it's getting better, but anything is an improvement over the figures released two years.

 

[MileHigh]

This job was reposted on the USAT jobs board last week.

 

[Riddick]

way to get this one back on point.

 

[Joe Williams]

Nice to see that they'll fill this job (maybe) some weeks or months after the NBA Finals. When it was open before the All-Star break.

At least whoever gets it will go in knowing how the pension plan has been jacked with.