Mainstream to Ethnic Media – A New Career Direction

“In recent years, a noticeable number of veteran African-American and Latino journalists like Manly and Hernández have made an unusual mid-career transition, leaving behind general-interest media for newspapers, magazines, websites and broadcast outlets oriented to their racial or ethnic groups. Some younger journalists who havent gotten much traction at mainstream media are also making the switch.

Journalists say they made the move to fulfill a passion for providing journalism tailored to their minority group, assume supervisory roles that were unavailable to them in mainstream outlets and contribute to strengthening ethnic media that are traditionally short on financial and professional resources. “

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