Gregory Lee Jr.
Gregory joined the Boston Globe as its senior assistant sports editor in November of
2004. He is responsible for the award-winning Sunday sports section.
Before joining the Globe, he worked for five years at The Washington Post beginning
in October of 1999. During his time in D.C. He served as a layout editor, wires editor
and deputy high school sports editor.
Lee, 31, started his career as a 19-year old agate clerk at the (New Orleans) Times-
Picayune in 1993. During his time there he earned an internship through the Sports
Journalism Institute in 1994 and an internship through the Chips Quinn program in
1995.
After graduating from Xavier University in 1996 with a bachelor of arts in mass
communications, Lee was promoted to a part-time copy editing position at the Times
Picayune. Six months later, he was promoted to full-time status and served as a slot
editor.
Lee has held a number of leadership positions in the National Association of Black
Journalists, including president of the New Orleans chapter and as a national board
member for four years.
Lee also served as S.E.E.D. chair for five years, the organization’s internship,
scholarship, student development and mentorship programs. He has guided over 500
students into media careers.
Lee also serves as editor of the Bulletin, a newspaper for the Associated Press Sports
Editors convention. The newspaper is staffed by college students participating in the
Sports Journalism Institute, a program designated to help increase diversity in the
nation's sports departments. Lee has also taught as an adjunct professor at the
University of Maryland and has written numerous articles on the need for diversity in
the nation's newsrooms.
Lee currently lives in Dorchester, Ma. with his dog, Deuce (named after New Orleans
Saints running back Deuce McAlister).
2004. He is responsible for the award-winning Sunday sports section.
Before joining the Globe, he worked for five years at The Washington Post beginning
in October of 1999. During his time in D.C. He served as a layout editor, wires editor
and deputy high school sports editor.
Lee, 31, started his career as a 19-year old agate clerk at the (New Orleans) Times-
Picayune in 1993. During his time there he earned an internship through the Sports
Journalism Institute in 1994 and an internship through the Chips Quinn program in
1995.
After graduating from Xavier University in 1996 with a bachelor of arts in mass
communications, Lee was promoted to a part-time copy editing position at the Times
Picayune. Six months later, he was promoted to full-time status and served as a slot
editor.
Lee has held a number of leadership positions in the National Association of Black
Journalists, including president of the New Orleans chapter and as a national board
member for four years.
Lee also served as S.E.E.D. chair for five years, the organization’s internship,
scholarship, student development and mentorship programs. He has guided over 500
students into media careers.
Lee also serves as editor of the Bulletin, a newspaper for the Associated Press Sports
Editors convention. The newspaper is staffed by college students participating in the
Sports Journalism Institute, a program designated to help increase diversity in the
nation's sports departments. Lee has also taught as an adjunct professor at the
University of Maryland and has written numerous articles on the need for diversity in
the nation's newsrooms.
Lee currently lives in Dorchester, Ma. with his dog, Deuce (named after New Orleans
Saints running back Deuce McAlister).
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CHAIRMAN'S CORNER |
In the first study of its kind figures
have been released to detail the
racial and gender makeup of sports
departments at America’s
newspapers. For years black
sports journalists had only
anecdotal evidence of the sharp
disparities in their offices.
The 2006 Racial and Gender
Report Card of the Associated
Press Sports Editors, which was
conducted by the Devos Sport
Business Management Program at
the University of Central Florida
showed that white men and women
comprised of 88 percent of the
total staffs of more than 300
newspapers. African-Americans
only account for 6.2 percent in the
newsroom.
We are not surprised one bit by
these putrid numbers. The actual
numbers only gives us hard core
data supporting our claims for
diversifying our departments. It
was about time the tables have
been turned after years of sports
editors reporting on the lack of
diversity in the sports that we cover.
Fourteen years ago founding
NABJ sports task force member
Leon Carter along with Sandy
Bailey created a program called the
Sports Journalism Institute (SJI). It
is designed to prepare students of
color and women for careers in
sports journalism. The program
partnered with APSE newspapers
to provide internship experience for
these students.
Since its inception, the program has
produced more than 150 students
for the industry. Many have gone
on to successful careers at papers
such as The Washington Post, the
Boston Globe, New York Daily
News, the Los Angeles Times and
Houston Chronicle.
I was a member of the second
class in 1994 and it helped me
become the journalist that I am
today.
It is imperative that sports
departments reflect a sports
community that is far more diverse
than its reporters and editors. The
numbers show that it will take more
than sports editors to remedy the
situation, but editors of their papers
to change the culture of sports
departments.
have been released to detail the
racial and gender makeup of sports
departments at America’s
newspapers. For years black
sports journalists had only
anecdotal evidence of the sharp
disparities in their offices.
The 2006 Racial and Gender
Report Card of the Associated
Press Sports Editors, which was
conducted by the Devos Sport
Business Management Program at
the University of Central Florida
showed that white men and women
comprised of 88 percent of the
total staffs of more than 300
newspapers. African-Americans
only account for 6.2 percent in the
newsroom.
We are not surprised one bit by
these putrid numbers. The actual
numbers only gives us hard core
data supporting our claims for
diversifying our departments. It
was about time the tables have
been turned after years of sports
editors reporting on the lack of
diversity in the sports that we cover.
Fourteen years ago founding
NABJ sports task force member
Leon Carter along with Sandy
Bailey created a program called the
Sports Journalism Institute (SJI). It
is designed to prepare students of
color and women for careers in
sports journalism. The program
partnered with APSE newspapers
to provide internship experience for
these students.
Since its inception, the program has
produced more than 150 students
for the industry. Many have gone
on to successful careers at papers
such as The Washington Post, the
Boston Globe, New York Daily
News, the Los Angeles Times and
Houston Chronicle.
I was a member of the second
class in 1994 and it helped me
become the journalist that I am
today.
It is imperative that sports
departments reflect a sports
community that is far more diverse
than its reporters and editors. The
numbers show that it will take more
than sports editors to remedy the
situation, but editors of their papers
to change the culture of sports
departments.