The Post has long been struggling with an apparent lack of diversity in their ranks, a reflection of the sad fact that much of American journalism remains dominated by white reporters, editors, and managers. In late 2004 Post staffers openly expressed their unhappiness that a white man had been chosen over a woman and a black man to be the paper’s managing editor, and, more recently, there were grumblings over the promotion of Robert McCartney, who is white, to the position of Metro assistant managing editor, beating Hispanic City Editor Gabe Escobar to the punch.

Yesterday that lack of diversity was made apparent at the Washingtonian and the City Paper. Today we join the club, recognizing that we’re no more able to call ourselves truly representative of the city we cover.