Current (https://current.org/series/diversity/)
Skye Witley, Editorial Intern | Four documentaries and an animated short exploring the Black experience received over $400,000.
Comparing recently released CPB data to U.S. Census demographics shows that public media is only keeping pace with or lagging behind national trends.
Stephanie Mirah, Editorial Intern | A 13-week course in the Lingít language is part of broader DEI efforts at the Juneau station.
Skye Witley, Editorial Intern | The national program will help 30 students make science videos about topics of their choice.
Skye Witley, Editorial Intern | After a journalist tweeted about “massive red flags” during a job interview, FairWarning’s board called it quits.
Julian Wyllie, Reporter and Skye Witley, Editorial Intern | Each of the nonprofits that fund and support public TV content by and for diverse communities will receive an additional $500,000.
Julian Wyllie, Reporter | The data also reveals that men and women held equal shares of jobs in the system in 2020.
Skye Witley, Editorial Intern | The station will commission and broadcast recordings of works by composers from underrepresented communities.
“The mix of public media messages that I’m needed, but only to a hierarchical point, is a confounding conundrum.”
“This effort is the result of more than 200 people in public media coming together to identify the primary obstacles to anti-racist public media and create a vision for transformation.”
Current and former employees of the Triple A station say they’re troubled by a lack of staff diversity and a clear mission statement, as well as “tension between who we are and who we’re allowed to be.”
Julian Wyllie, Reporter | As management resets its approach for improving workplace culture, an employee-led group that pressed for change moves to the sidelines.
Tyler Falk, Reporter | The “It’s Been a Minute” producer is one of 12 Nieman Visiting Fellows for 2021 and the only one working in public radio.
Tyler Falk, Reporter | Colleagues who convened for Zoom chats evolved into a group pushing for change at stations and networks.
Tyler Falk, Reporter | Led by people of color in public media, the coalition has gained pledges from nearly two dozen stations and national organizations to commit to changes focused on diversity, equity and inclusion.