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April Simpson, Former Associate Editor | An AIR report argues that live events are important to public media to raise awareness and support and find crucial voices that may be missing from reporting.
Making a difference, serving the audience — people who work in public media explain why they devote themselves to the job.
Public media journalists give their recommendations.
What’s really involved in the hard work of broadening public media’s range of voices?
April Simpson, Former Associate Editor | One area needing attention is recruitment of Latinos, particularly in supervisory roles.
A report offers recommendations for journalists looking to produce comprehensive and inclusive coverage of racial issues.
Jill Goldsmith, Contributing Editor | The oral-history nonprofit has taken a series of steps to diversify its staff and increase contributions from underrepresented communities.
Julie Drizin, Executive Director | What are you doing to ensure that your station or organization reaches into diverse communities?
Dru Sefton, Former Senior Editor | These 14 groups are tasked with goals that support diversity in public media content.
Edison Research is gathering and analyzing polling data from Localore events.
Tyler Falk, Reporter | With CPB’s backing, the station is exploring whether its format could expand to other cities.
“If we in public radio are to live up to the ‘public’ part of our mission, we’ll have to change more than just the people we interview,” writes NPR’s Keith Woods.
Dru Sefton, Former Senior Editor | Approaching Native issues can be daunting to non-Native journalists.
April Simpson, Former Associate Editor | Managers and executives of color say the diversity deficit within top ranks is hindering public media’s progress.