Warning that tackling newsroom diversity by starting at the bottom can look like ‘window dressing’
Senior journalists from the UK and US have warned against carrying out only “performative diversity” in newsrooms and said some…
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Barbara Blake-Hannah prize launched as Press Gazette bids to improve British Journalism Awards diversity
Press Gazette has launched a new award aimed at recognising up and coming ethnic minority journalists named in honour of…
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Young journalists of colour speak out about being ‘disenfranchised’ and ‘alienated’ in industry which still lacks diversity
The “shocking” lack of diversity in the UK’s newsrooms is making young journalists of colour feel “disenfranchised”, “alienated” and “isolated”,…
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‘Culture of fear and cliquiness’ in UK newsrooms must end to move diversity conversation forward
Young black journalists are leaving journalism after just a few years because of bullying in newsrooms, an academic and broadcaster…
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Fifty ethnic minority journalists urge faster action on diversity in newsrooms
Fifty black, Asian and minority ethnic journalists have accused UK newsrooms of repeatedly failing to improve diversity in the industry.…
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Hull Daily Mail apologises for opinion piece attacking diversity in the UK
The Hull Daily Mail has apologised for running an opinion piece that labelled people who advocate diversity as “enemies of…
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Senior editor at Daily Mail admits ‘we need to do more’ to improve newsroom diversity
A Daily Mail executive editor has said fewer than one in ten editorial staff at the title are from a…
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Reuters press agency appoints first newsroom diversity editor
Reuters has appointed a newsroom diversity editor, a newly created role overseeing its 2,500 journalists worldwide. Joyce Adeluwoye-Adams will “lead…
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