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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.
“We get to learn from our guests as much as listeners do.”
“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.”
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.
The Seattle station received a CPB grant to distribute the toolkit, which details every aspect of the recruitment process.
“The big challenge is going to be thinking about where Morning Edition goes as a show, in five years and 10 years.”
Stations in Minneapolis, Milwaukee and Jackson, Miss., will join the CPB-supported Urban Alternative format with the goal of reaching new listeners.
“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.”
The podcast follows months of criticism directed at PBS and public media about the system’s DEI initiatives and lack of transparency.