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Articles tagged DEI (6)

Newsrooms will refuse to reckon with their hypocrisy — again

“Diversity without support for marginalized journalists and their free speech is a hollow victory.” Janelle Salanga

From left to right: journalists Hannah Wise, Johny Cassidy, Joanna Crawford, and Korina Theodorakaki, on the journalism and disability panel at the International Journalism Forum in Athens, Greece on September 28, 2023.

Hanaa' TameezSeptember 28, 2023

Four disabled journalists on how news outlets can support staffers and audience members with disabilities

“The tools that journalists are given [should be] accessible — and designed with people like me in an advisory role.”

Hanaa' TameezAugust 2, 2022

“A bigger focus on the human impact of technology”: Sisi Wei is The Markup’s new editor-in-chief

“What we often don’t think about is how tech accountability is also so many other types of coverage. It’s labor coverage, climate change coverage, healthcare coverage, criminal justice coverage, immigration coverage — I could go on and on.”

Hanaa' TameezJune 14, 2022

Struggle, chaos, no regrets? Journalists love the work they do, despite industry challenges

Over 70% said they were proud of their work and would pursue a journalism career again.

Hanaa' TameezMarch 8, 2022

American journalism’s “racial reckoning” still has lots of reckoning to do

The news industry was quick to hire for diversity-focused roles after George Floyd’s murder in 2020 — but sustaining that change has proven slow and challenging.

Ki Sung, Jonathan Blakley, and Vinnee TongMarch 5, 2021

Want to know if your news organization reflects your community? Do a source audit. Here’s how.

“Despite our best intentions, we won’t know who is in our stories until we count them.”