New York Times culture not enabling workers to thrive, diversity report says

The New York Times issued a sweeping diversity report and plan Wednesday that is needed to transform a culture that makes the paper an “unwelcoming place for many people,” according to its authors.

The review of employee issues surrounding race and diversity began eight months ago, amid a nationwide reckoning on race following the killing of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis, according to an introductory note by Chairman and Publisher A. G. Sulzberger, President and CEO Meredith Kopit Levien and the Executive Editor Dean Baquet.

It also follows the recent departures of two senior journalists, audio producer Andy Mills and science reporter Donald McNeil.