National Public Radio (NPR) has committed to inclusive hiring practices by releasing its newsroom diversity data each year. Last month, the diversity data for 2017 was released for 377 employees. All data was self-reported. I also compared these numbers to NPR’s 2016 diversity data.

Here’s the race/ethnicity breakdown:

White: 75.1%

• Change Year-Over-Year – White: -.3%

Latino: 6.1%

• Change Year-Over-Year – Latino: .7%

Black: 8.8%

• Change Year-Over-Year – Black: .8%

Asian: 7.7%

• Change Year-Over-Year – Asian: -6.%

Two or More Reported: 2.1%

• Change Year-Over-Year – Two or More Reported: -.5%

American Indian: .3%

• Change Year-Over-Year – American Indian: 0%

Here’s the gender split:

Male: 43.8%

• Change Year-Over-Year – Male (%): -1.1%

Female: 56.2%

Change Year-Over-Year – Female (%): +1.1%

Obviously, there are some problems here. The first problem is that the data is self-reported, so we can assume that respondents self-selected to participate. The second problem is that there is not nearly enough diversity on staff. The third problem is that progress towards more diversity is proceeding too slowly. More progress needs to be made!