The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) expressed disappointment with the lack of progress in the NFL’s media hiring practices. Just a few months shy of a year since their initial outreach and call for change, NABJ maintains that the NFL continues to lack Black journalists and communicators in its news division.
Alongside NABJ, other entities have sought clarification from NFL executives, but no documented progress in the organization’s media diversity efforts has been made available.
As stated in their initial release in May 2023, no explanations have been provided to the NABJ for how the NFL has permitted the practice of exclusion to persist over the years.
Consequently, the NABJ media monitoring team is requesting an immediate meeting with NFL media executives and Commissioner Roger Goodell to discuss what swift actions they will take to address the lack of diversity in its media department.
“As the NFL prepares for one of the most watched events globally, it cannot be at ease knowing that its news arm fails to mirror the diversity of its players, audience, and event participants. We are challenging the NFL to make a genuine effort to rectify these disparities now,” said NABJ President Ken Lemon, NABJ Vice President-Broadcast Walter Smith Randolph, and NABJ Vice President-Print Kathy Chaney in a joint statement. “A failure to promptly address this issue reflects insensitivity to the significance of having NFL narratives narrated by diverse voices.”
This is a Hy-Lo News Staff Report.
0 comments on “National Association of Black Journalists Calls for Meeting with NFL After Seeing No Progress Made in Diverse Media Hiring Practices”