Diversity in Journalism

How Can Journalists Better Serve Immigrant Communities?

How Can Journalists Better Serve Immigrant Communities?

Radically reimagine immigration journalism to make it more responsive to the information needs of multicultural and multilingual audiences
Cultural Competency and Why It Is Important to Covering Today’s America

Cultural Competency and Why It Is Important to Covering Today’s America

Farai Chideya is a journalist whose career has encompassed academia as well as broadcast and print journalism. She has worked at news organizations including NPR, CNN, ABC News, FiveThirtyEight, and…
It's Time to Cover Black Women as the Norm and Not the “Other”

It’s Time to Cover Black Women as the Norm and Not the “Other”

Journalists must fully and accurately report on a group that has too often been ignored and stereotyped
The 19th*'s Editor-At-Large on Newsroom Diversity, Breonna Taylor's Killing, and More

The 19th*’s Editor-At-Large on Newsroom Diversity, Breonna Taylor’s Killing, and More

“Women are the majority of the electorate. We shouldn’t be talked about like a special‑interest group anymore”
Newsrooms Need a Plan to Diversify Investigative Teams, Too

Newsrooms Need a Plan to Diversify Investigative Teams, Too

The killing of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis, Minnesota has created a racial reckoning for the country.That reckoning has expanded to America’s newsrooms. Across the country, journalists of color…
Before You Can Fix Your Newsroom, You Need to Fix Your Life

Before You Can Fix Your Newsroom, You Need to Fix Your Life

If you are looking at this reckoning on race and trying to change your newsroom, I ask you to do something harder: Take a critical look at yourself.There are no…
Journalists Need to Remember that Not All News Readers are White

Journalists Need to Remember that Not All News Readers are White

Every journalist needs to imagine a reader, someone to tell the story to. Of course, we all want many, many readers but keeping at least one person in mind during…
Is Movement Journalism What's Needed During this Reckoning over Race and Inequality?

Is Movement Journalism What’s Needed During this Reckoning over Race and Inequality?

A movement journalist examines what it means to engage with communities and challenge the status quo
In Photographing Social Justice Protests, Respect Means ‘Looking Again’

In Photographing Social Justice Protests, Respect Means ‘Looking Again’

On July 19, Black Lives Matter Toronto activists held a press conference about the release of three demonstrators from police custody in connection with pink paint that had been thrown…
Diversity, Equality, Inclusion, and “The Pipeline Problem”

Diversity, Equality, Inclusion, and “The Pipeline Problem”

Some years ago, I was turning in my invoice for payment to NPR at the end of a month. I haven’t been a full-time employee at NPR, where I spent…