Survey: Women Up, Minorities Down for Local News

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The percentage of women working in local TV and radio news hit an all-time high, while the percentage of journalists of color fell, according to the 2009 Radio and Television News Directors Association/Hofstra University Annual Survey.

Women in TV news reached an all-time high of 41.4 percent, as did women TV news directors at 29.1 percent. The percentage of women working in radio also rose from 22.7 percent last year to 28.1 percent in 2009; women make up 27.7

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