System/Policy
DEI leaders share best practices on strengthening your organization’s diversity efforts
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Our webinar featured Whitney Maddox, NPR’s DEI manager, and Kim Salvaggio, chief DEI officer at Rocky Mountain Public Media.
Programs/Content
Inaugural PBS diversity report highlights BIPOC contributions to programming
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The network said that in fiscal year 2021, 51% of its nationally programmed prime-time schedule “included diverse on-screen talent; was produced, written or directed by diverse makers; and/or explored diversity-related topics.”
Diversity in Public Media
To serve diverse audiences, you can’t walk the walk until you know where you stand
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Almost every public media organization is prioritizing diversity. Yet beyond hiring, what are the next steps for content strategy?
System/Policy
Union sees headway on DEI goals at NPR but highlights ‘a lot more work to do’
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NPR’s SAG-AFTRA union issued a mixed progress report this month on its demands for addressing diversity issues within the network.
Diversity in Public Media
Reset of DEI work at WNET quiets discord but hasn’t healed all rifts
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The end of an employee council focused on DEI issues has lessened friction within the station. But former members say areas such as pay transparency haven’t been addressed.
Diversity in Public Media
Stations encounter burnout, frustration in ‘long game’ of advancing DEI goals
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Stations that signed on to the Public Media for All campaign have made progress in DEI work, but not without tackling internal challenges.
Diversity
How GBH’s inclusion and equity officer is rolling out her four-phase plan for DEI work
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Yemisi Oloruntola-Coates began her time with the Boston station by holding “really intensive listening sessions” with over 200 people.
System/Policy
Born at the BBC, a framework for balancing gender representation in content goes global
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Media organizations including New York Public Radio have joined the BBC’s 50:50 Project, which is expanding beyond gender to track race and ethnicity.
Programs/Content
New KUT podcast showcases Austin’s Black community
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“We get to learn from our guests as much as listeners do.”
System/Policy
Pubmedia’s failure to retain people of color needs a closer look
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“Sometimes we decide not to ask questions when we’re afraid of what the answer may be. I suspect that may be the case when it comes to why people of color leave the industry.”
Diversity
How to sustain source diversity tracking in your organization
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You’ve started tracking the diversity of your sources. Hooray! Now, there are a few things you and your newsroom can do to make sure that source diversity tracking becomes a lasting habit.
System/Policy
KUOW shares hiring toolkit aimed at increasing staff diversity
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The Seattle station received a CPB grant to distribute the toolkit, which details every aspect of the recruitment process.
Programs/Content
Erika Aguilar sees ‘appetite for change’ as she steps into EP role on ‘Morning Edition’
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“The big challenge is going to be thinking about where Morning Edition goes as a show, in five years and 10 years.”
Programs/Content
New funding expands reach of public radio’s hip-hop/R&B format
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Stations in Minneapolis, Milwaukee and Jackson, Miss., will join the CPB-supported Urban Alternative format with the goal of reaching new listeners.
Programs/Content
New ‘NewsHour’ initiative deepens reporting on diverse communities
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“The misery from a local perspective continues even after some of the national media has left. But the unique thing with The Communities Initiative is we’re still here. We’re still recording.”
System/Policy
New podcast hosted by Grace Lee examines public TV’s track record on DEI
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The podcast follows months of criticism directed at PBS and public media about the system’s DEI initiatives and lack of transparency.
System/Policy
New initiative brings together pubmedia leaders to focus on DEI efforts
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Created by Furman University and South Carolina ETV, the Public Media Diversity Leaders Initiative convenes its second session next month.
System/Policy
What pubmedia can learn about DEI from the for-profit world
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The corporate focus on metrics and data in achieving diversity initiatives can shift internal conversations from “what we’ve always done” to a rationale for specific changes.
System/Policy
Explicit racism is rare in pubmedia — but unconscious racism is everywhere
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The most stubborn obstacle on the path to reform is well-meaning folks who fight inequity whenever they see it but can’t see it when they’re involved.
System/Policy
CPB data shows ‘incremental growth’ in racial diversity across stations
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The data also reveals that men and women held equal shares of jobs in the system in 2020.