Diversity Making Black Lives Matter in the News After unarmed black teenager Michael Brown was shot and killed by a white police officer last summer in Ferguson, Missouri, a photo of Brown appearing to throw gang signs began… June 10, 2015 Susan Smith Richardson Why Newsroom Diversity Works The news industry has been talking about diversity for decades, but the talk, many say, often has not been followed by action. “The needles never really seem to move,” says… June 10, 2015 Alicia W. Stewart Confronting Racism in the Age of Obama I won’t be sad when another white family moves into the White House.If Hillary Clinton becomes the next president, after a few years, there might be plenty of women looking… June 10, 2015 Issac J. Bailey Where Are the Women? At a time when women head fewer major U.S. newspapers than they did 10 years ago, there is a place where women run not only some of the nation’s leading… September 11, 2014 Anna Griffin Anna Holmes Related ArticleWhere Are the Women?Why we need more female newsroom leadersPLUSRead more stories from prominent female leadersThe gatekeepers, the managers, could do well to constantly push themselves to broaden their… September 11, 2014 Anna Holmes Geneva Overholser Related ArticleWhere Are the Women?Why we need more female newsroom leadersPLUSRead more stories from prominent female leadersThe newsroom culture desperately needs to shift from the old “We journalists know news,… September 11, 2014 Geneva Overholser Debra Adams Simmons Related ArticleWhere Are the Women?Why we need more female newsroom leadersPLUSRead more stories from prominent female leadersI had women who nurtured my career and helped me grow as a newsroom… September 11, 2014 Debra Adams Simmons Susan Smith Richardson Related ArticleWhere Are the Women?Why we need more female newsroom leadersPLUSRead more stories from prominent female leadersI am lucky. My older sister had been a journalist for several years before… September 11, 2014 Susan Smith Richardson Wanda Lloyd Related ArticleWhere Are the Women?Why we need more female newsroom leadersPLUSRead more stories from prominent female leadersBringing women and people of color into an organization means also respecting them for… September 11, 2014 Wanda Lloyd Margaret Low Smith Related ArticleWhere Are the Women?Why we need more female newsroom leadersPLUSRead more stories from prominent female leadersI grew up thinking that anything was possible for women. Newsrooms are inherently aggressive,… September 11, 2014 Margaret Low Smith Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Next
