The percent of DTH staff members who identified as only Black decreased to 5.4 percent in 2024, lower than the previous three audits. The number of Hispanic staffers also saw an alarming decrease to 3.4 percent in 2024.
However, the number of staff members who identified as Asian increased to 18.8 percent in 2024, higher than any previous audits.
Our newsroom has significantly more white representation than UNC. The DTH has a 65.5 percent white population, compared to UNC’s 54.5 percent. The newsroom also has less representation of Black and Hispanic students than the University. To have a notably less diverse institution within a predominately white institution is unacceptable.
When it comes to gender diversity, The DTH staff is 78.5 percent female and 17.6 percent male. A combined 3.8 percent identify as nonbinary, genderqueer or other.
As for sexual orientation, 61.9 percent of the newsroom identified as straight, 18.1 percent identified as bisexual, 8.1 percent identify as queer, 5.3 percent identified as gay or lesbian and 5.4…
