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Commercial Appeal has been trying to expand its influence among African Americans and provide more insightful coverage of the community. The diversity of the newsroom remains a major challenge, but black journalists now account for 17% of the staff, including the editor-in-chief for all news reports and the editorial page editors who work with the editors to determine the position of the newspaper editor. Racineba Gray, the honorary chairman of the Rainbow Promotion Alliance Memphis Division. The leadership of the news editorial department has been changing. Chris Pike Edited the Spokesperson's Review in Spokane, Wash., and McEchlan took over as editor after retirement in 2002. After Rep’s retirement in 2013, Louis Graham, a journalist who has long been concerned about local government corruption, took over as editor. Commercial Appeal has been promoted from the first level to the editor-in-chief.