RTDNA honors outstanding achievements in the coverage of diversity with the RTDNA/UNITY Award. The award is part of the covenant the association has adopted with UNITY: Journalists of Color, to achieve diversity in the newsroom through developing news content and editorial staffs that reflect the changing face of communities. The purpose of the award is to encourage and showcase journalistic excellence in covering issues of race and ethnicity. It is presented annually to news organizations that show an ongoing commitment to covering the diversity of the communities they serve. 

By Kathleen A. Kirby, Partner, Wiley Rein LLP

For Sunshine week, RTDNF has produced public service announcements for your station to air the week of March 14-20, 2010, and throughout the year. The PSAs are :15 or :30 in English and Spanish.

WASHINGTON – The Board of Directors of the Ethics and

By Lydia Reeves Timmins, Temple University

By Stacey Woelfel, RTDNA Chairman

By Steve Safran, Editor, Lost Remote 

By Ryan G. Murphy, RTDNA Digital Media Editor

By Stacey Woelfel, RTDNA Chairman

Below is RTDNA's President Emertius Barbara Cochran's