Mainstreaming and diversity are Gannett's core values; but these programs 'are not without controversy.'.(Race and Reporting) From: Nieman Reports | Date: September 22, 2003| Author: Witosky, Tom | COPYRIGHT 2003 Harvard University, Nieman Foundation. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Jay Harris's argument for minority mainstreaming and diversity in U.S. journalism is the same today as it was 20 years ago, when he was a national correspondent for the Gannett News Service and an African-American city councilman from a small Louisiana city that Harris can't even remember presented it to him.

"He had been on the city council for years," the former San Jose Mercury News publisher remembered recently. "But the only time the local paper asked him about anyt...