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A ripped sheet of paper is overlaid across a Black person shaking a white person's hand, with the Black person's arm obscured to represent being shut out of opportunities. The handshake is surrounded by a headline from a 2024 release from Women in Journalism that says United States: Journalists of Color Disproportionately Affected by Major Media Layoffs and a 2025 headline from The Guardian that says 'It's not a coincidence': journalists of color on being laid off amid Trump's anti-DEI push.

Journalism is increasingly pushing reporters of color out of the industry

By Xintian Tina Wang

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June 4, 2026

After years of diversity promises and amid increased safety risks, journalists of color face an industry that still fails to culturally and financially value their labor.