New NBC News boss pledges to make his staff 50% female and 50% people of color

TheWrap

NBC Universal News Group Chairman Cesar Conde pledged on Tuesday to create a more diverse staff, but he didn't announce a timetable for his goals. Conde said nearly half of NBC News' 3,000 employees are women, while 26.5% are people of color, including 8% Black employees. “We want to increase diversity and inclusion both in front of and behind the camera, and earn the trust of every community in America that relies on us for exceptional journalism,” Conde said in a video to NBC News employees. “We realize that this is an ambitious objective and it will of course take time to do in a proper way. We understand this is a challenging time to start this effort but there are always reasons to say, ‘Not now.’ To get there tomorrow, we have to start today.”