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"I Have Struggled": Black TV Journalists Talk George Floyd Coverage, Industry Diversity

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Alex Perez had the N-word yelled at him while filming a television segment in Missouri. Rachel Scott was confused for a hotel maid (and asked for more towels) while reporting on President Trump's trip to Florida.

Fredricka Whitfield was stopped by a police officer who was suspicious of her high-end loaner car. And Omar Jimenez was arrested live on the air as the world watched.

Reporting while Black in the United States can mean navigating a daily minefield, and yet the country's top television news journalists of color have persisted, tasked now with covering a country on fire following the police's killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

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