Analysis of the gender data in the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) Broadcast Snapshot Project reveals significant challenges for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) reporters, anchors, meteorologists, and hosts on-air.  

The analysis shows both female and male AANHPI broadcast journalists face career challenges, but often in different ways that aren’t widely understood. Key findings:

    • No AANHPI women are on-air in 25 of 94 stations.
    • Half of TV stations underrepresent AANHPI female broadcasters (in the top 10 TV markets; based on the AANHPI female population)
    • No AANHPI men are on-air in 67 of 94 stations.
    • 1% of 3,297 broadcasters are AANHPI men. 
The report makes seven recommendations that the media industry can implement to increase representation of AAPHI male and female broadasters, supported by collaboration with academia, government and nonprofits. It matters beyond the newsroom, because multicultural democracy is strengthened by journalists who reflect the communities they serve.
 
AAJA released the “Broadcast Snapshot” in 2022 in the absence of publicly available diversity data. The 2024 analysis of gender data was led by AAJA’s Broadcast Task Force together with Prisca. Both reports support AAJA’s mission to advance diversity in newsrooms and ensure fair and accurate coverage of communities of color. Read more.
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