Tag: Diversity
How GBH’s inclusion and equity officer is rolling out her four-phase plan for DEI work
Yemisi Oloruntola-Coates began her time with the Boston station by holding "really intensive listening sessions" with over 200 people.Born at the BBC, a framework for balancing gender representation in content goes global
Media organizations including New York Public Radio have joined the BBC's 50:50 Project, which is expanding beyond gender to track race and ...New KUT podcast showcases Austin’s Black community
"We get to learn from our guests as much as listeners do.”Pubmedia’s failure to retain people of color needs a closer look
"Sometimes we decide not to ask questions when we’re afraid of what the answer may be. I suspect that may be the ...How to sustain source diversity tracking in your organization
You’ve started tracking the diversity of your sources. Hooray! Now, there are a few things you and your newsroom can do to ...KUOW shares hiring toolkit aimed at increasing staff diversity
The Seattle station received a CPB grant to distribute the toolkit, which details every aspect of the recruitment process.Erika Aguilar sees ‘appetite for change’ as she steps into EP role on ‘Morning Edition’
"The big challenge is going to be thinking about where Morning Edition goes as a show, in five years and 10 years."New funding expands reach of public radio’s hip-hop/R&B format
Stations in Minneapolis, Milwaukee and Jackson, Miss., will join the CPB-supported Urban Alternative format with the goal of reaching new listeners.New ‘NewsHour’ initiative deepens reporting on diverse communities
“The misery from a local perspective continues even after some of the national media has left. But the unique thing with The ...New podcast hosted by Grace Lee examines public TV’s track record on DEI
The podcast follows months of criticism directed at PBS and public media about the system’s DEI initiatives and lack of transparency.New initiative brings together pubmedia leaders to focus on DEI efforts
Created by Furman University and South Carolina ETV, the Public Media Diversity Leaders Initiative convenes its second session next month.What pubmedia can learn about DEI from the for-profit world
The corporate focus on metrics and data in achieving diversity initiatives can shift internal conversations from “what we’ve always done” to a ...Explicit racism is rare in pubmedia — but unconscious racism is everywhere
The most stubborn obstacle on the path to reform is well-meaning folks who fight inequity whenever they see it but can’t see ...CPB data shows ‘incremental growth’ in racial diversity across stations
The data also reveals that men and women held equal shares of jobs in the system in 2020.PBS execs upbeat about financial outlook, new arts programs
During the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour, President Paula Kerger cited gains in stations' membership revenues and the Biden administration's focus ...
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