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Sarah ScireMarch 12, 2021

The New Yorker leans into crossword puzzles online and, now, in print

“If you’re looking at a metric like unique visitors, the audience for the crossword is not colossal. But if you’re looking at people who subscribe, or people who read multiple articles a month, those are groups that really value our crossword.”

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.”

Laura Hazard OwenFebruary 24, 2021

“‘That’s not Timesean’ can be used to exclude”: The New York Times gives the big report treatment to enacting “sweeping” cultural change

“We will make our newsroom more diverse, our editorial practices more inclusive, and our news report one that provides a truer, richer and more textured portrayal of the world. By doing so, we will ultimately attract a reader and subscriber base that more fully reflects the breadth of the society we serve.”

Sarah ScireFebruary 16, 2021

Imagining an “older, whiter, and wealthier” print reader is hurting The Philadelphia Inquirer’s coverage, a report finds

“Some editors acknowledged that the continued emphasis on a print publication was a barrier to coverage appealing to more diverse audiences.”

Nicole A. ChildersNovember 24, 2020

The moral argument for diversity in newsrooms is also a business argument — and you need both

The business case for diversity and inclusion in newsrooms is important, but emphasizing the moral case is required for real and lasting change.

Improving ethnic diversity is the most important diversity priority for newsrooms around the world, a new report says

Sarah ScireSeptember 22, 2020

Nonprofit news organizations are becoming more diverse, but they still lag behind the communities they cover

More than half of all nonprofit outlets have either no people of color or “only a small percentage” within their ranks. The vast majority — more than two-thirds — do not have a single person of color in leadership at the executive level.

A new hotline promises answers to your race and gender questions — on deadline

Hanaa' TameezAugust 20, 2020

Gannett newsrooms, whiter than the communities they serve, pledge broad change by 2025

Gannett said it will “make its workforce as diverse as the country by 2025 and to expand the number of journalists focused on covering issues related to race and identity, social justice and equality.”

Hanaa' TameezJuly 16, 2020

A new study of five countries finds that newsroom leadership is very, very white

In Germany and the U.K., not a single publication studied had a top editor of color.

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