System/Policy
How Celeste Headlee’s ‘safe space’ for colleagues became a movement against racism in public radio
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Colleagues who convened for Zoom chats evolved into a group pushing for change at stations and networks.
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Colleagues who convened for Zoom chats evolved into a group pushing for change at stations and networks.
Instead of celebrating great moments of PBS’ history, 2020 has been a year to figure out what will “meet the needs of people right now,” says the organization’s president and CEO.
Led by people of color in public media, the coalition has gained pledges from nearly two dozen stations and national organizations to commit to changes focused on diversity, equity and inclusion.
By inviting people who appear on air to share their demographic data, WPR created a way to accurately measure the diversity of sources in its news and talk programs.
Public Media for All calls on those who seek to improve diversity, equity and inclusion across the system to take a break from work Nov. 10.
“It’s really, really incumbent upon leaders of newsrooms right now to understand that there is a mandate for change,” KQED’s Vinnee Tong said.
Staffers are asking for more transparency about the hiring of Andi McDaniel to lead the station.
The union, which formed last summer, is calling for accountability on management’s stated commitments to diversity and inclusion.
In our latest webinar, two station leaders discussed their experiences as people of color in public radio and how their stations have responded to the killing of George Floyd.
In our latest webinar, two public radio leaders discussed their experiences as people of color in public radio and how their stations are addressing diversity and inclusion.
The outpouring on social media came after a Black producer said his job was in jeopardy.
A journalism school professor argues that NPR’s emphasis on unaccented English “undermines NPR’s original mission of engaging listeners civically.”
Current Executive Director Julie Drizin responds to Lansing’s call to action to confront racism.
Blue Ridge Public Radio and KUT in Austin, Texas, recently shared results of yearlong surveys.
Woods will help NPR “build a more diverse and inclusive organization.”
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.
The Reno station has sharpened its focus on serving a Latino audience by posting some news coverage in both English and Spanish.
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.
NPR and “PBS NewsHour” were among the few national media outlets to share staff diversity data for the report.
“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.”