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Sarah ScireApril 22, 2022

Journalism groups: Make the Pulitzers open only to news orgs that are transparent about their diversity

An open letter calls on the industry’s highest honors to include a new participation clause. “By implementing this new criteria, the Pulitzers would honor not only great journalism, but journalism from newsrooms willing to be accountable to the public.”

Sarah ScireApril 12, 2022

Yet again, newsrooms aren’t showing up to the industry’s largest diversity survey

Meredith Clark, who has led the News Leaders Association’s diversity survey in recent years, has resigned from the project. “You don’t get to transparency about diversity by relying on people’s goodwill.”

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.

Shraddha ChakradharFebruary 10, 2022

A new study shows how newsroom and audience diversity affects coverage of political candidates

The study suggests audience diversity results in favorable coverage for non-white political candidates. But newsroom diversity may be a boon for white candidates.

Anita ZielinaJanuary 13, 2022

Can U.S. journalism truly serve global audiences? Not if it treats them like an afterthought

What would a truly global media company look like?

Janelle SalangaJanuary 13, 2022

“The idea and techniques of investigative reporting can be done by anyone anywhere”: How Francisco Vara-Orta wants to change IRE’s mission

“We all grew up with All the President’s Men. You don’t want to take away from the power of that moment and the press holding the administration accountable. But we have to think, why was there not a Black person or a woman on that team?”

Shraddha ChakradharDecember 2, 2021

Overwhelmingly white but leaning female: See the results of the Canadian Association of Journalists’ inaugural diversity survey

Nearly 75% of Canadian newsrooms are made up of white journalists, and 80% of newsrooms have no Black or Indigenous journalists on staff.

Intercepted! Sports media’s attempts at diversity, that is.

Neither Peace nor Marine, The New York Times is looking for recruits for its new “Corps”

Laura Hazard OwenSeptember 14, 2021

“This shit is just embarrassing”: The New Yorker’s archive editor breaks down the print mag’s dismal diversity stats

“As someone who’s done the research, seen all the numbers, I can tell you that things are simply not changing quickly enough to present real, concrete progress.”

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