CNN President Jeff Zucker

NAACP Joins NABJ in Criticism of CNN’s Lack of Diversity in Leadership Positions

Sentinel News ServiceMarch 8, 2019

NAACP finds is offensive that CNN President Jeff Zucker refuses to address this issue. We are far beyond the point of accepting simple visibility as an instance of true diversity. For major corporations like CNN and its parent company, WarnerMedia, diversifying the media landscape must become a part of a company’s corporate responsibility rather than always as a response to intolerance and implicit bias.

National News Political

NABJ Elevates CNN to Special Media Monitoring List

Kanya Stewart, Special to the LAWTMarch 8, 2019

A special team will perform further research and an analysis of CNN’s diversity, inclusion and equity practices, per the NABJ Board’s directive. The special team will also publicly report on identified deficiencies in hiring a diverse workforce in news decision-making capacities at CNN. NABJ is also calling for a civil rights audit that examines the company’s hiring, promotion and compensation practices involving Black employees.