Pt. 2 of 3

Is there mistrust or not enough faith in these people to cover news not just about American issues from a newsroom in Atlanta, in Washington D.C. or in front of a camera in New York? A station that has longed billed itself as the leader in news does not have much diversity in reporters covering news on a worldwide level. CNN is not the only news network that has an absence of African American news journalist. Even though African American’s have moved up in other positions in the newsroom there faces are behind the camera not for the world to view. Just has in many other industries the television news industry is dominated by white men. It seems as if in newsrooms not just in the U.S. but outside of our borders there is just enough room for one primary African American news anchor at a time.
Women news anchors are the majority in the television news business and even with that being a factor the number of African American women news journalist are still a small part of the workforce and also almost invisible in reporting news from an international view. CNN has more African American women anchors, reporters and correspondents then they do male. One of CNN’s most visible anchors is Soledad O’Brien and even though she is a prominent face on the network has spear headed shows such as “Black in America” and “Latino in America” here presence is mostly focuses on issues in the U.S. and she isn’t often seen reporting outside these borders. CNN international has a couple of African American women who are prominent on the network. They are Femi Oke who covers world weather and also host “Inside Africa” which gives global viewers a look into the economic, social, cultural affairs and trends in Africa. The other is Isha Sesay who is one of the anchors of CNN international show CNN Live. Even with these two women that work with CNN’s international networks they still are not seen reporting outside of the studio on world affairs.