Layoffs at Paper Prompt Uproar Over Diversity.

The article reports that layoffs at the newspaper "Philadelphia Inquirer" have resulted in an uproar over the disproportionate impact on diversity in the newsroom. On January 3, 2007, 71 newsroom employees were dismissed. 24 percent of the journalists laid off are minorities. Henry J. Holcomb, president of the Newspaper Guild of Philadelphia, opined that the diversity of the newsroom must be maintained.