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On both chapter and national levels, SPJ provides an open forum for the discussion of diversity issues in journalism. This committee's purpose is to promote a broader voice in newsrooms across the country and expand the depth and quality of news reports through better sourcing. Its ongoing project is the compilation of experts — primarily women, gays and lesbians, people of color and people with disabilities — through the Society's Diversity Source Book. The Society's relevance to its member is based on inclusiveness.

Rainbow Diversity Sourcebook
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Searching the Sourcebook
To search, check one or more of the topic boxes, then scroll down to the bottom and click “search.”

You can limit your original search by state, “minority voice” or other choices — but the more you limit the search, the fewer results you will get.

If you know the name or organization of the source you are seeking, fill in any of the “personal information” blanks.

See the Diversity Toolbox for essays on how to make your work more inclusive and for comprehensive links to other resources.

Diversity Committee Chair

Pueng Vongs
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Ms. Pueng Vongs has two decades of experience in journalism. She is a online producer/editor for Bay Area News Group (MercuryNews.com, InsideBayArea/OaklandTribune.com and ContraCostaTimes.com), where she edits content for the web and leverages social media, multimedia, mapping and mobile tools. She has also worked in financial news at CBS.Marketwatch.com and Money magazine. Vongs’ stories have run in the Chicago Sun-Times, San Francisco Chronicle and NPR among other outlets.

She serves as the diversity chair for SPJ and has spent more than a decade reporting on minority communities, mainly at Pacific News Service/New America Media, the largest association of U.S. ethnic media.

Maria O. Alvarez, vice chair
Freelance journalist
San Francisco, Calif.
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Maria Alvarez has over 15 years of professional experience in broadcast journalism working in different countries and the US. Since 2007, Maria has been working with media non-profits and helping them to understand and reach effectively the Hispanic community in the US. She enjoys being in touch with the community and is very passionate about issues affecting the Latino community.

Her academic degrees include a B.A. in Journalism from the Central University in Venezuela, and a M.A. in Communications from the Catholic University in Santiago, Chile. Once she moved to the US, Maria has continued her professional development. In 2008, she received a Certificate in Non-Profit Management at Cal State University in Oakland, CA. Maria loves traveling with her three year old son, especially to Latin America Countries. Her favorite and most frequent destination is Venezuela, her birthplace and where the majority of her family currently lives.

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Affirmative Action	Law - Commercial
Aging	Law - Intellectual property
Agriculture	Law - International
Arts & Culture	Law - Workplace
Biotechnology	Law Enforcement
Business	Local Politics
Civil Rights	Media
Conflict resolution	Middle East
Consumer issues	Municipal Government
Crime	National Government
Criminal Justice	National Politics
Disability Issues	Native Rights
Economic development	Pacific Rim
Economics	Poverty
Education	Prisons
Environment/Resources	Public health
Environment/Resources - Energy	Race/Ethnic Issues
Environment/Resources - Environmental justice	Religion
Environment/Resources - Land Use	Rural/Urban Issues
Environment/Resources - Toxic substances	Science
Environment/Resources - Water	Sports
Finance	State Government
Gay/Lesbian Issues	Technology
Gender Issues	Telecommunications
Health Policy	Trade
Health Policy -Bioethics	Transportation
Health/Medicine	Urban Planning/Growth
Health/Medicine -AIDS	Violence
Immigration	Violence - Domestic
International Politics	Violence - Hate crimes
Investment	Violence - Youth
Labor Issues	Welfare/Social Services
Labor/Workplace	Youth/Family
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