Within the Veil: Black Journalists, White MediaWinner of the National Press Club Prize for Media Criticism Unmasks race related conflicts in the newsrooms and the push for more equitable coverage of racial minorities Thirty years ago, the Kerner Commission Report made national headlines by exposing the consistently biased coverage afforded African Americans in the mainstream media. While the report acted as a much ballyhooed wake up call, the problems it identified have stubbornly persisted,