We’re more than 21 years into the 21st century yet newsrooms are still lagging way behind in reaching gender parity in news coverage - both in terms of content and leadership. Covid-19 has dramatic...
Events - diversity, equity & inclusion
How North American newsrooms are operationalizing diversity, equity, and inclusion
In early 2020, a pandemic brought the world to a standstill. By summer, the quiet had erupted. All eyes were on Minnesota following the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. That attention, a...
The term diversity is now being used as a buzzword or an operative word that allows not just corporate entities but news organisations to tick boxes. But diversity is a question of quality. As we have...
Women are represented in (only) one quarter of the news published around the world. Newsrooms are generally dominated by male editors-in-chief. Yet, in Europe in recent years, some of the coolest and ...
Balas para Todas: the female gaze in reporting on the Middle East and North Africa
Balas Para Todas isn’t about a female “bang-bang” club. It is a conversation, a confession, and a conclusion – that the growing presence of women reporters in war zones and post-war zones acro...
The experiences of news orgs who are not just tackling, but also thriving, by addressing diversity and especially in relation to underserved audiences. The panel will investigate the issue from both a...
Journalism that provides diverse voices and diverse perspectives is core to trustworthy journalism, but for too long the global news industry has been more talk than action when it comes to diversity ...
How often have we heard that journalism is a young person's game? Why does our industry frequently make it clear it doesn't welcome older employees? For a newsroom to be truly representative of societ...
Diverse representation in the newsroom is one thing, but how can the framing of stories more accurately represent the world? Starting from shifts in the way news is covered, the speaker explore how un...
Why diversity isn’t changing your newsroom culture: cultural tipping points and how to bring about change
In 2021 Marcus Ryder wrote a policy paper for The Guardian newspaper looking at how to change the culture of newsrooms, specifically when it comes to diversity. The newsroom being "demographically rep...