I figured since this blog is dedicated to the discussion of the way the media covers race and gender, I'd end on some of my own personal experiences and thoughts on how the two should be covered. As novice reporters, we are taught to be fair and objective. We seek to have diversity in our reporting but when you are working under the pressure of deadline, these two elements become compromised.

It is becoming more important for journalists to know how to cover diversity because the world itself is continually becoming more diverse and because we are dealing with issues directly related to diversity itself. With this being one of the most historical elections in history because of race, we are now even being prepped on how to cover race.

I feel the best way to ensure diversity in coverage is to have diversity in the newsroom. I once interviewed a reporter at a local station in Virginia, where he was one of the few black journalists. He said that he considered himself a filter in making sure that the stations coverage was fair and objective.

According to the Radio Television News Director's Association/ Hofstra University's annual survey, the percentage of minority news directors in TV has reached an all-time high of 15.5 percent. And overall, minorities in TV news has reached the second highest level ever, not far behind the peak reached in 2001.

Included in the RTNDA's Code of Ethics is Fairness, which states that journalists should "seek to understand the diversity of their community and inform the public without bias or stereotype." These means that journalist should do their best not to further perpetuate stereotypes but should seek to cover both sides equally and fairly and let the public be the judge.