AAJA Members in News Management: On-Line Media

Elaine Zinngrabe
Online VP
Denver Newspaper Agency

Erin Fraboni
Online Editor
The Arizona Republic

Chris Kanemura
Online Content Manager
The Honolulu Advertiser

Loren Omoto
Online Editor
startribune.com

Susan Kamb
Director
ESPN.com

Sharon Prill
Vice President/Interactive Media & Marketing
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

John Liang
Managing Editor
InsideDefense.com

Jen Chang
General Editor
ESPN.com

Leng Caloh
Senior Online Editor
KPBS Public Broadcasting

The American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE) 2008 newsroom employment survey showed that AAPIs make up only 3.22% of all newsroom employees. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, AAPIs comprise 5.19% of the total U.S. population. Additionally, AAPI's comprise 2.3% of all supervisors in newsrooms, down from 2.5% last year. Of the total AAPIs in the newsrooms, 20% are supervisors.

In broadcast, the percentage of Asian Americans in television newsrooms throughout the country was 2.3%, down from 2.7% in 2006 according to a 2007 survey released by the Radio and Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) and Ball State University. The data covering radio newsrooms shows that 1.1% of the radio newsroom workforce are Asian Americans (down from 1.8% in 2006). Only 1.9% of radio news directors and 1.0% of television news directors are Asian American.