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Newsrooms. Film and television production. Editorial leadership. Latino representation in media has actually declined in some sub-sectors over the past decade.
The Breakdown
Latino representation across sub-occupations.
Gold line = 19.5% U.S. Latino population parity (Census ACS 2023). Each row sourced individually below.
Newsroom Journalists
6.1%
ASNE / RTDNA 2023
Newsroom Leadership (editor-in-chief)
~5%
ASNE 2023
Film/TV Directors (theatrical)
5.6%
USC Annenberg 2023
TV News Anchors (English-language)
~5%
RTDNA 2023
Book Publishing Editors
~6%
Lee & Low 2023
Major Studio Film Crew
~7%
USC Annenberg 2023
Primary source: USC Annenberg (2023). Inclusion Initiative. Hispanic/Latino Report.
Why This Matters
The mechanism inside this number.
USC Annenberg has tracked theatrical film representation for fifteen years. The Latino share of speaking roles has moved less than one percentage point since 2010. despite Latino audiences making up the largest per-capita moviegoing population.
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