Media Diversity

Finding the newest, or new-to-us, TV show to binge has become a necessity for in-home date nights for my wife and me since the pandemic began. …

Over the past year, Impact Architects has worked on three substantial source diversity audits, with more on the way. These projects, coupled with our previous experiences as staff inside of newsrooms at the Center for Investigative Reporting and Minnesota Public Radio, have taught us a lot about effective methodologies and…

*This paper was presented at the 15th National Meet of the Network of Women in Media, India-NWMI, Bangalore on February 8th, 2020. It was first published on meheraligarh.blogspot.com on February 14th, 2020. Being an Indian Muslim is a performative experience. What we feel inside, we are not able to…

Diversity in newsrooms goes to the heart of trust and relevance, writes Andrea Ho. A new fellowship opportunity aims to make positive steps towards a more diverse media. — In journalism we often say, it’s who you know, not what you know. Who you know can determine whether you get the scoop, the leak, or the exclusive. And it can also determine whether you get ahead in your career. There is no longer an argument: As Reuters reaffirmed this…

Racism isn’t a new construct in this world for people of colour — Michelle Obama The American news and talk morning television program The Today Show broadcasted an interview with attorney and author Michelle Obama and part of the conversation was the response of the former first lady to the…

If recent years have taught black journalists anything, it’s that public embarrassment appears to make our bosses better hear us. — Wesley Lowery I was about to share an image on Instagram of a group of women protesting and holding up the sign with the text ‘We’ll be less activist…

News organizations and motivated journalists over the past several years have tried to answer a big question: How closely does our sourcing reflect the communities our journalism hopes to serve? Or, put another way: How biased is our sourcing, and where do our biases lie? …

“I brought all this foolishness to the BBC’s US election coverage. I regret nothing :)” — Larry Madowo The recent elections in the United States and the transition of power between the old and new president probably go into the history books as one of the most bizarre episodes of American history. We all know because global media have given the events lots of attention in the last six to seven months. One could ask if the attention by journalists on what is happening in the world’s most powerful country isn’t slightly exaggerated. The feeling of disproportionate coverage only comes up when the quality of the news is lacking. The work of Kenyan journalist Larry Madowo, North America correspondent for the BBC News and BBC World is a breath of fresh air in that regard.

Kuek Ser Kuang Keng worked as a journalist on both sides of the world. Born and raised in Malaysia he contributed to the country’s most visited news website Malaysiakini for eight years before he moved to continue his career in the United States. Back in his home country since 2015, the award-winning data journalist founded training program Data-N that helps journalists to integrate data into their daily reporting. He is also a fellow of the Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism and a Google Journalism Fellow.