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Shraddha ChakradharFebruary 10, 2022

A new study shows how newsroom and audience diversity affects coverage of political candidates

The study suggests audience diversity results in favorable coverage for non-white political candidates. But newsroom diversity may be a boon for white candidates.

Shraddha ChakradharJanuary 25, 2022

Are readers’ biases to blame for gender disparities in sports reporting? This study says no

The study looked at sports articles in a German newspaper and found that the byline’s gender didn’t have a significant effect on readers’ perception of the writer’s expertise.

James SalangaJanuary 13, 2022

“The idea and techniques of investigative reporting can be done by anyone anywhere”: How Francisco Vara-Orta wants to change IRE’s mission

“We all grew up with All the President’s Men. You don’t want to take away from the power of that moment and the press holding the administration accountable. But we have to think, why was there not a Black person or a woman on that team?”

Gabe SchneiderJanuary 4, 2022

Whetstone, the largest Black-owned food magazine in the U.S., aims to change things in food reporting

“[T]he way that food media was being presented to us, in prior years, was through a lens that was incredibly myopic, unimaginative, and formulaic.”

Shraddha ChakradharDecember 2, 2021

Overwhelmingly white but leaning female: See the results of the Canadian Association of Journalists’ inaugural diversity survey

Nearly 75% of Canadian newsrooms are made up of white journalists, and 80% of newsrooms have no Black or Indigenous journalists on staff.

Shraddha ChakradharNovember 3, 2021

When it comes to media credits and bylines, men still take the lion’s share

Men tended to report more than women, and overwhelmingly so at the wire outlets. The exceptions to this trend were CNN.com, HuffPost, and Vox.

U.S. newsrooms seem to be getting a little more diverse. But minority journalists are still, well, a minority

Shan WangJune 2, 2016

What does the intersection of race and culture sound like? NPR’s Code Switch is looking for the right mix

“How do you have a conversation about America that’s not about race? It’s fundamental to the way American life is organized.”

Shan WangFebruary 18, 2016

Jose Antonio Vargas is launching #EmergingUS outside the L.A. Times, aiming to crowdfund $1M

The platform Beacon will match the first $500,000 Vargas can raise to support #EmergingUS, a news site that “lives at the intersection of race, immigration, and identity in a multicultural America.”

Shan WangJanuary 5, 2016

In rethinking the future of the Maynard Institute, there are no shortcuts and no direct answers

“If we were starting the Institute” — a major force for diversity in journalism — “today, what would it need to be, and how would it survive?”

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