Why so few minority science writers?

The first problem Francie Diep ran into in her survey of minority science writers was finding them: "I received only 46 responses from U.S.-based respondents, itself a telling statistic." Diep nevertheless parsed the results for some conclusions about the obstacles to diversity (low pay being among them), examples of bias for and against minorities, and the state of efforts to promote diversity.

September 24, 2014

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