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National Association of Minority Media Executives Special Report
Divide -- and Prosper?
How Media Companies Can Use Affinity Groups to Promote DiversityBy Rebecca Kuiken and Larry Olmstead
Contributing Editor: Toni Laws
A report conducted by NAMME and Larry Olmstead's Leading Edge Associates, shows that more media companies should consider creating affinity groups to promote better working relationships, generate new revenue ideas and improve community ties.
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McCormick Tribune Fellowship Reports
Diversity and the Next Generation (2006 Report)
Traditional news media are in a constant battle to attract--and retrieve the lost attention of--young readers and viewers. But this generation’s multicultural, multi-taskers have made one thing clear: When they want news, they go to the same platform that provides their music, entertainment and social networks—they go digital. The McCormick Tribune fellows of color address the problem of how best to reach out to the young, multi-ethnic news consumers.
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Looking Inward, Going Forward (2005 Report)
The McCormick Fellows take an introspective journey to examine the “stuff” we all bring to the
table about ourselves and others, about the groups to which we belong
and those we don’t. Faced with the vulnerabilities such journeys
evoke, the report spotlights the reality that progress toward inclusion
cannot and should not be tasked to whites alone.
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Leading the Way: Making Diversity Real (2004 Report)
The “diverse” organization as envisioned by these Fellows has transcended tokenism and embraced the idea that true change comes when the company itself is transformed by the people and ideas it employs.
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Profiles in Leadership (2003 Class)
The eight members of the 2003 class of McCormick Tribune Fellowship Initiative are an illustrious group. Learn more about their career paths and read what they say about the importance of diversity in the media.
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Executives of Color: What It Takes To Succeed (2003 Report)
Culled from a 2002 survey of 34 McCormick Fellows, their profile of success as seen through the prisms of race and gender takes on deeper meaning. The determination and resilience push against historic exclusion and an equally long record of struggle.
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Do We Check It At the Door? (2002 Report)
This survey of 29 2001 McCormick Fellows, who are executives of color, explores a slice of life rarely shared by executives of color. In these pages, the executives tell a statistical and anecdotal story about the unique challenges they’ve faced and some of the ways they’ve moved beyond them.
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