Diversity Lacking.

CTV News
Monday October 3rd
6:00
1st Story- White women Kayla Hounsell.
2nd Story- White man Jonathon MaCinus.
3rd Story White man Ron Shaw (Peruvian man-Fernando Perrera, surfer, in story).
4th Story- White man Dan Viau.
5th story- White women Dina Bartolucci.
6th Story- About Aboriginals.
7th Story-  White man Rick Grant.
8th Story- White man male Paul Hollingsworth.
9th story- First sighting of any black people, and it is man being arrested in Amanda Knox Case.
Weather- White women Cindy Day.
Steve Murphy 1-on-1 interview with White female Nancy Rubin.
10th Story- Rick Grant white man.
The Lifeline- Black Doctor, Black cafeteria worker, Asian, Aboriginal and Black children shown.

I found this to be an eye opening exercise. There was a very good mix of men and women, but beyond that, their was not much diversity at all. It was dominated by middle aged white men. It was unbelievable to me that there was not ONE person of any other race other then white on CTV news team.
I never ever thought to do this before, but now that I have I will never watch news the same. When we watched that video in class it made me think about how black people were portrayed in the media, and I never noticed it before. This was an excellent example. The first sighting of a black man, he was being arrested.
It was nice to see in the "The Lifeline" they had a black doctor, as well as a very diverse group of children. There was also a good story about Aboriginals in there as well. Although they did have a little bit diversity, I think this is something worth noting, and keeping an eye on.  This was a very valuable exercise.