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’s Jeff Zucker on Monday sent out a memo announcing a "new and expanded race team" as part of the network’s broader effort to ensure race coverage remains a "permanent part of our journalism."
The CNN Worldwide president sent a memo to staff on Monday detailing the "new and expanded" race team, which he said will ensure that race coverage continues to be a permanent part of their newsroom.
Zucker praised CNN’s past coverage, describing it as "powerful" and "emotional" and crediting it with helping to "shed a light on the growing movement against institutional racism."
"Today, I am pleased to announce that we are making an even more significant, sustained commitment to ensure race coverage is a permanent part of our journalism," he said in the memo, obtained by TVNewser.
"Many talented journalists around the organization work on or around race," he continued, praising Sara Sidner, Mallory Simon, John Blake, Abby Phillip, and Brandon Tensley, and "dozens of CNN journalists who regularly report out stories on this beat across Digital, Newsgathering, our contributors, and beyond."
"Race touches every aspect of our lives, and therefore every area of our coverage," he said. "That work will continue. It must."
"In that spirit, we are pleased to share the news of a new and expanded race team, which will contribute to all CNN platforms," he announced.
"This team will build on what so many do already at CNN and will provide the needed structure to cover this beat with more focus and force," he continued.