Report: Little diversity found in newspaper sports departments

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The number of jobs held by people of color and women in sports departments at newspapers and websites remains low, with most jobs dominated by white males, according to a study released today.

The report by the University of Central Florida's Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports again gave outlets that belong to the Associated Press Sports Editors a C-plus grade for racial hiring and its fourth consecutive failing grade for gender hires in jobs that include sports editor, columnist, reporter and copy editor.

The biennial report is the fifth done on APSE since 2006 and indicates numbers from 2014.

Last year, 91.5 percent of sports editors, 90.2 percent of assistant sports editors, 83.5 percent of columnists, 85 percent of reporters and 83.3 percent of copy editors or designers were white. Also, 90.1 percent of sports editors were men.