To examine the views and experiences of high school journalism faculty regarding their efforts at recruiting minority students into journalism, a study surveyed journalism teachers from 100 randomly selected high schools in Kentucky (31 teachers responded). Questions concerned the teachers' college education, teaching loads, overall enrollment, and minority enrollment. Teachers were also asked why minorities are attracted or not attracted to high school journalism, what minority students look for when considering colleges and college majors, and what parents of minorities consider important in their children's college and career decisions. Results revealed that 44.5% of the responding teachers had Kentucky certification in journalism education, although the majority of teachers majored or minored in English in college. Journalism/publication classes had a 4% minority enrollment. On newspaper staffs, 8.1% of the 257 newspaper staffers were minorities, while 5.5% of the 306 total yearbook staffers were minorities. All minority staff members planned on attending college, with 23% of the yearbook staff and 52% of the newspaper staff planning on majoring in journalism/communication. Kentucky teachers were most successful in recruiting students through recommendations from other teachers, their own recruiting efforts, or through the student's personal interest. Journalism teachers felt minority students most strongly considered cost, advice from peers, availability of financial aid, and the percentage of minorities attending a particular college. (A copy of the survey, survey cover letter, follow-up letter, and respondents comments are appended.) (MM)