UNITY Journalists explained

UNITY Journalists, founded as UNITY: Journalists of Color and later also known as UNITY: Journalists for Diversity,^[1] The four founding UNITY organizations were the National Association of Black Journalists, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, the Asian American Journalists Association and the Native American Journalists Association. In later years the constituent members of the alliance were the Asian American Journalists Association, the Native American Journalists Association, and the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association.^[3]

History

UNITY's inaugurating conference, Unity '94, was a week-long conference held at the Georgia World Congress Center. Over 6,000 minority journalists attended.^[4]

The first president of Unity was San Francisco Bay Area television journalist Lloyd LaCuesta. David Steinberg of the San Francisco Chronicle, a former president of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association, is president.^[5]

NABJ left UNITY in 2011^[6] and NLGJA joined later that year.^[7] NAHJ withdrew from the alliance in October 2013.^[8]

The organization officially ceased operation in February 2018.^[9]

Notes and References

1. Web site: UNITY News student project, Las Vegas.
2. Book: Lewis, Libby . The Myth of Post-Racialism in Television News . Routledge . 2015 . 155 . 978-1-317-60726-7 . was an alliance of journalist's associations active from 1994 to 2018. UNITY served as the umbrella organization under which the groups hold a joint convention. UNITY conventions were held in 1994 (Atlanta), 1999 (Seattle), 2004 (Washington, D.C.), 2008 (Chicago) and 2012 (Las Vegas).^[1]
3. Web site: 'NLGJA Joins UNITY'.
4. Minority Journalists Meet For First Time To Gain Fairness And Power In Media . Jet . August 15, 1994 . 14-17 .
5. Web site: UNITY elects new leader.
6. Web site: Black Journalists Group Leaves Minority Coalition. Tanzina. Vega. Tanzina Vega . The New York Times . April 11, 2011.
7. Web site: NLGJA accepts invitation to join Unity.
8. Web site: NAHJ leaves its umbrella diversity group. Columbia Journalism Review.
9. Web site: The death of Unity: Why a collaboration between journalists of color collapsed. 2020-06-12. Columbia Journalism Review. en.