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Tegna’s KUSA (Denver) did a special that they titled, “Racism and the Road to Change” it was hosted by KUSA Anchor Kim Christiansen.

Christiansen is white and while the show used a number of black leaders, some in the newsroom thought that a Journalist of color should have fronted the special.

Sources tell FTVLive that a number of people attended a Zoom meeting with management to ask questions about this and about other diversity issues with the station.

A look at the news team and you will see that when it comes to black faces, the Tegna station is sorely lacking in that area.

“Tegna pushes campaigns of diversity and inclusion. It's just that---a campaign to make white Tegna feel better,” says one TV newsie to FTVLive.

KUSA called their special "Road to Change” but the road they should be working on is the one that leads up to the station’s front door.

It’s time KUSA put a much stronger focus on hiring black Journalists.

Just saying….