By Bob Papper, Hofstra University

The latest RTNDA/Hofstra University Annual Survey finds women make up over 41 percent of the TV news workforce and over 29 percent of TV news directors.  Both are record highs, and it’s the second year in a row that the percentage of women TV news directors has set a new record. The percentages of women in radio news and women as radio news directors also rose.

In contrast, the minority numbers in both TV and radio fell from last year.  A year ago, the percentage of minority news directors in TV set a record high, and the minority percentage in TV news overall was just shy of a record last year.  Both numbers fell back in the latest survey.  Some of the drop is due to fewer Hispanic stations responding to the survey and smaller staffs at Hispanic stations.  But, even factoring that out, minority numbers fell.

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