Diversity
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Women Do News is closing the gender gap on Wikipedia
“We’re a bunch of ladies who are really tired of being left out,” said journalist Angilee Shah, founding member and board chair of Women Do News (WDN). WDN is an…
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How the Women’s Leadership Accelerator fosters empowerment and community
When Dariela Sosa founded 10min and Arepita, two digital news platforms to counter news avoidance and censorship, she started looking for a way to supercharge her leadership skills in journalism.…
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DEI in the Newsroom: Meeting People Where They Are
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) has been a trending term in the workplace for years now. More newsrooms are making efforts to incorporate a policy of cultural inclusion as a…
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Going beyond the basics: A new generation of journalists is changing the way reporters cover the transgender community
Coming into the 2024 election, transgender rights are dominating the culture war conversation. Looking at recent coverage from many popular news outlets brings up a range of reporting on bills…
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Best practices for covering your whole community
In theory, part of a journalist’s responsibility is to center their community in their reporting. But in practice, this isn’t always the case. At the Online News Association conference, Lynn…
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Panel explores ways to reach underrepresented communites
Innovative technology, examining readership data, and getting feedback from young people are just a few options newsrooms are looking at to improve diversity and coverage of underrepresented communities. Introducing new…
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‘We aren’t that woke’: Journalists on addressing racial blind spots
Over the last 18 months, the twin crises of the COVID-19 pandemic and systemic racism have brought racial blind spots to the forefront of reporting across America. There have been…
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Natural hair
A high school wrestler in New Jersey was forced to cut his dreadlocks during a match. An 11-year-old girl was sent home because her hair extensions were “unacceptable.” These are…
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No borders: Collaboration key for immigration reporting
The key to telling successful stories centering on immigration rests with collaborative efforts between larger more mainstream news organizations and those operations with direct knowledge of the challenges being faced…
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Mental Health 101: Reporting while Black/Brown
Racial tension has intensified in recent years, both online and in the real world. Articles bearing headlines about police brutality and immigration have become commonplace. How do journalists of color…
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