Minority editorial board members
at newspapers and tv outlets
Compiled by members of the Association of Opiniion Journalists
Updated through November 23, 2015
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African American
Leona Allen, Dallas Morning News
http://dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com/author/ldallen/
Nancy Ancrum, Miami Herald (Editorial board editor)
http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorial-board/article1933442.html
Max Anderson, Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, N.Y., community conversation
coordinator. http://static.democratandchronicle.com/roc/editorial-board/
Charles M. Blow, New York Times, visual op-ed
columnist.  http://topics.nytimes.com/top/opinion/editorialsandoped/oped/columnists/charles_
m_blow/index.html?scp=1-spot&sq=%22Charles%20M.%20Blow%22&st=cse
Alberta Brooks (Phillips), Austin American-Statesman
http://www.statesman.com/staff/alberta-phillips-brooks/
Sharon Broussard, Northeast Ohio Media Group (Plain Dealer,
Cleveland) http://connect.cleveland.com/staff/sbroussa/index.html and
http://www.cleveland.com/opinion/index.ssf/2008/10/the_plain_dealer_editorial_tea.html
Roger Brown, Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville http://jacksonville.com/users/roger-brown
Dawn Bracely, Buffalo News http://www.theopedproject.org/index.php?
option=com_content&view=article&id=97&Itemid=129
Jonathan Capehart, Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/jonathancapehart
James Causey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, editorial columnist,
writer http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/UncommonCausey.html
Rick Christie, Palm Beach Post (EPE) http://www.palmbeachpost.com/staff/rick-christie/
Sherri Day, Tampa Bay Times http://www.tampabay.com/writers/sherri-day
Jarvis DeBerry, Times-Picayune, New Orleans, editorial writer and
columnist http://connect.nola.com/user/jdeberry/index.html
Lewis Diuguid, Kansas City Star, columnist, editorial board
member http://www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/lewisdiuguid/#navlink=subnav
Byron Dobson, Tallahassee Democrat http://www.tallahassee.com/opinion/byron-dobson/
Tara Trower Doolittle, Austin American Statesman (EPE, or Viewpoints
editor) http://www.statesman.com/weblogs/viewpoints/2014/jan/14/heres-inside-scoop-trowerdoolittle/
Marietta English, WXYZ-TV Detroit account executive, sits on editorial board.
http://www.abcactionnews.com/web/wxyz/news/politics/editorials
Vanessa Gallman, Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader (EPE)
http://www.kentucky.com/opinion/editorials/article44776638.html
Robert George, New York Post http://nypost.com/author/robert-george/
Charita Goshay, The Repository, Canton, Ohio, columnist and
reporter  http://www.cantonrep.com/article/20151122/OPINION/151129951
Stephen Henderson, Detroit Free Press (EPE)
http://archive.freep.com/article/99999999/COL33/90813027/About-Stephen-Henderson
Andre Jackson, Atlanta Journal-Constitution (EPE) http://www.ajc.com/staff/andre-jackson/
Harold Jackson, Philadelphia Inquirer
(EPE) http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/harold_jackson
Allen Johnson, News & Record, Greensboro, N.C.
(EPE) http://www.greensboro.com/blogs/thinking_out_loud/
Denise Johnson, Star Tribune, Minneapolis http://www.startribune.com/bios/119146939.html
Marcia Lythcott, Chicago Tribune (op-ed page editor).
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-08-07/opinion/chi-editlythcott_1_speed-bump-trafficcircle-traffic-light
Bill Maxwell, Tampa Bay (Fla.) Times http://www.tampabay.com/writers/bill-maxwell/
Byron McCauley, Indianapolis Star; content coach; community press/community
recorder  http://www.cincinnati.com/story/opinion/editorials/2015/05/15/new-addition-enquirereditorial-board/27369923/
Jim Mitchell, Dallas Morning News
http://dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com/author/jmitchell/
Caille Millner, San Francisco Chronicle http://www.sfchronicle.com/author/caille-millner/
Tony Norman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, columnist, editorial board http://old.postgazette.com/columnists/bio_norman.asp
Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, columnist, editorial
writer http://www.chicagotribune.com/chi-081001clarence-page-bio-htmlstory.html
Jason Riley, Wall Street Journal http://topics.wsj.com/person/R/jason-riley/5678
Eileen Rivers, USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/reporters/opinion.html
Erika D. Smith, Sacramento Bee http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/erika-dsmith/
Brent Staples, New York Times http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/author/brent-staples/
Chuck Stokes, WXYZ-TV, Detroit http://www.wxyz.com/about-us/staff/chuck-stokes
Spencer Whitney, San Francisco Chronicle, assistant editorial page editor.
http://www.sfchronicle.com/author/spencer-whitney/
Hispanic
Brian Calle, Orange County Register (Opinion editor) bcalle@ocregister.com
http://www.ocregister.com/common/archives/?catID=19857
John Diaz, San Francisco Chronicle (EPE) http://www.sfchronicle.com/author/john-diaz/
Veronica Flores-Paniagua, Houston Chronicle, Outlook
editor http://blog.chron.com/chronopinion/author/veronicaflores/
Al Franco, Desert Sun, Palm Springs, Calif., engagement editor/opinion and social
http://www.desertsun.com/staff/26243/al-franco/
Mariel Garza, Los Angeles Times http://www.latimes.com/la-bio-mariel-garza-staff.html
Ernesto Londono, New York Times http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/author/ernestolondono/
Patricia Lopez, Star Tribune, Minneapolis http://www.startribune.com/patricialopez/10645321/
Gloria Padilla, San Antonio Express-News gpadilla@express-news.net
O. Ricardo Pimentel, San Antonio Express-News (editorial
columnist) http://www.expressnews.com/author/o-ricardo-pimentel/
David Plazas, Tennessean, Nashville; opinion engagement
editor  http://www.tennessean.com/staff/10042282/david-plazas/
Dante Ramos, Boston Globe, deputy editorial page editor
https://www.bostonglobe.com/staff/ramos
Gissela SantaCruz, Austin American-Statesman, editorial writer and
columnist http://www.statesman.com/staff/gissela-santacruz/
Robert Seltzer, San Antonio Express-News, public editor and editorial board member
http://www.expressnews.com/author/robert-seltzer/
Bianca Torres, Seattle Times http://nahj.org/seattle-times-welcomes-first-latina-editorialboard-member/
Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles News Group http://www.presstelegram.com/editorialboard
Juan Vasquez, Miami Herald http://www.miamiherald.com/editorial-board/
Luisa Yanez, Miami Herald http://www.miamiherald.com/editorial-board/
Asian American
Vikas Bajaj, New York Times (business, international economics)
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/opinion/editorialboard.html
Mike Hashimoto, Dallas Morning
News http://dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com/author/mhashimoto/
Thuan Le Elston, USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/reporters/opinion.html
Amitabh Pal, Progressive Media Project (“the op-ed service I'm the co-editor of, doesn't have
an editorial board per se, but I'm certainly one of the main
staff.”)  http://progressive.org/users/amitabh-pal
Michelle Poblete, USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/reporters/opinion.html
Foon Rhee, Sacramento Bee, Associate editor, editorial writer and Viewpoints editor
http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/foon-rhee/
Masaru Tamamoto, New York Times (international
affairs) http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/opinion/editorialboard.html
Thanh Tan, Seatle Times, multmedia editorial
writer htp://www.seatletmescompany.com/editorial/staf.htm
Terry Tang, New York Times, deputy editorial page editor
htp://www.nytmes.com/interactve/opinion/editorialboard.html
Native American
Karen Lincoln Michel, WISC-TV, Madison, Wis. http://www.channel3000.com/madisonmagazine/business-city-life/33546670
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