Have you been following The Great "Doomed by Diversity" Debate? A tentpole topic over at Romenesko, it centers on a Harry Jaffe column quoting New Yorker writer Jeffery Goldberg on his experience at the Washington Post: "Jeff Goldberg's career at the Post was doomed by diversity...Goldberg was up for a full-time job, he says, when an editor took him aside and said, 'We would like to hire you, but we have to hire a Hispanic for that slot.'" There is little to no news involved: Ooh, the Post makes diversity hires!?! Jack Shafer has an opinion on it!?? But it has given the Romenesko letter-writers a new lens through which to view their navels, though, ironically, it's also prompted Jayson Blair to look up from the mirror. The truth-challenged ex-Timesian writes sympathetically:
Jayson Blair Hedges Bets
Jayson Blair Hedges Bets
Jayson Blair Hedges Bets
Have you been following The Great "Doomed by Diversity" Debate? A tentpole topic over at Romenesko, it centers on a Harry Jaffe column quoting New Yorker writer Jeffery Goldberg on his experience at the Washington Post: "Jeff Goldberg's career at the Post was doomed by diversity...Goldberg was up for a full-time job, he says, when an editor took him aside and said, 'We would like to hire you, but we have to hire a Hispanic for that slot.'" There is little to no news involved: Ooh, the Post makes diversity hires!?! Jack Shafer has an opinion on it!?? But it has given the Romenesko letter-writers a new lens through which to view their navels, though, ironically, it's also prompted Jayson Blair to look up from the mirror. The truth-challenged ex-Timesian writes sympathetically: