Cutting Back on Diversity?

UNITY's president is calling for media companies to begin collecting and releasing the racial and ethnic breakdown of employees laid off or taking buyouts in the past year's flurry of journalism job loss. According to UNITY President Karen Lincoln Michel, the group will be brainstorming in the coming weeks ways to slow the loss of talented diverse staffers in the newsroom. Personally, she's advocating for companies to collect and release the racial and ethnic breakdown numbers of departing staffers as a way to track the situation.

You can read Lincoln Michel's column here: http://www.unityjournalists.org/presidents/przmsg_070507.html

What do you think is the best way to address journalism diversity erosion in a tumultuous business time?