Programs/Content
New studies of source diversity guide stations’ work in covering their communities
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Blue Ridge Public Radio and KUT in Austin, Texas, recently shared results of yearlong surveys.
People
NPR’s Keith Woods promoted to chief diversity officer
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Woods will help NPR “build a more diverse and inclusive organization.”
Programs/Content
New MPR-backed site hopes to be ‘one-stop shop for all things immigrant’
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Support from Minnesota Public Radio is enabling a website covering the state’s immigrant communities to expand into a full-time venture for its founder.
Programs/Content
To diversify its audience, Nevada’s KUNR goes bilingual
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The Reno station has sharpened its focus on serving a Latino audience by posting some news coverage in both English and Spanish.
Programs/Content
Public radio’s efforts to track source diversity seen as path to addressing ‘deep problem’
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KUT in Austin, Texas, along with Philadelphia’s WHYY, Seattle’s KUOW and San Francisco’s KQED, are all engaged in efforts to gather and analyze data on their sourcing in news reports or show segments.
System/Policy
Newsrooms must be ‘prodded into action’ on staffing diversity, says Harvard report
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NPR and “PBS NewsHour” were among the few national media outlets to share staff diversity data for the report.
"Made Possible By..." Podcast
‘Made Possible By…’ #16: Producer and station leader Marita Rivero
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“We like to talk about what the Ferguson police look like, but we don’t like so much turning around and seeing what our own boards look like.”
Rewind: The Roots of Public Media
How a CPB task force advanced a prescient vision for diversity in public radio
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In the late 1970s, the critiques by CPB’s Minority Task Force pushed NPR to increase minority employment and training programs and served as a case study in why racial diversity in decision-making bodies matters.
Programs/Content
CPB grant seeks to foster diversity in public radio newsrooms
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The four stations collaborating on the project will each hire a new reporter.