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TV newsroom managers and even most reporters across the country believe efforts are being made to include diversity in local news coverage. However, there’s no consensus among the groups as to how to achieve that goal. -
Seven fellows at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute who have been working on innovative projects that can benefit the journalism industry, over the past eight months, are wrapping up their projects. -
Every news organization should be able to answer the question: “Does your journalism accurately reflect the communities you serve?” -
Tracking provides an honest assessment. That’s why tracking who actually shows up in the reporting is vital to the source diversity equation in journalism. -
The evidence is overwhelming that lack of diversity and inclusion in journalism not only perpetuates stereotypes and media distrust, but also limits which stories get told, how they are told, and whose voices are heard. -
Reporting that does not reflect the community lacks accuracy because it only tells half the story. -
A national survey found that two-thirds of journalists rely heavily on their own personal contacts to find sources. -
We started by laying out the obstacles we need to overcome with the reporters themselves: old habits die hard. -
Creating a hands-on, in-person diversity training program to help newsrooms make their reporting more representative of the communities they serve -
Wanting to help news outlets do a better job representing the diverse communities they serve through their story sources, prompted freelance journalist Melba Newsome of Charlotte, North Carolina, to help.
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