Groups say philanthropists trying to boost local news shouldn't leave minorities behind thesunchronicle.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thesunchronicle.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Organizations representing minority journalists say they re worried that a recently-announced $500 million initiative designed to boost local news would leave them behind
Michelle Zenarosa is among 49 journalists chosen for the program by the Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education, a nonprofit dedicated to expanding diversity in the news media and dismantling structural racism in newsrooms.