Douglas Todd: The trouble with diversity journalism

I’ve been covering ethnic, religious, sexual orientation and other so-called diversity issues most of my newspaper career.
I’ve always been curious about different people, world views and cultures, aiming to report on them with fairness, balance and respect; embracing pluralism, while also probing for that elusive journalistic objective known as truth.
Diversity journalism has now become a big thing. Along with it has come a cadre of people who make a living telling others how to han