Newsrooms are diverse—and journalists want diverse sources too
Media organizations have made great progress in making their newsrooms more diverse, with the ultimate goal of creating content that’s more representative of their audience. Through internship opportunities, targeted recruiting initiatives and thoughtful mentoring programs for underrepresented groups, the wheel is beginning to turn, albeit slowly. We’ve been struck by explicit demands from journalists for greater diversity in their sources over the last few years. While recent court cases and pushback on corporate diversity efforts have slowed these [...]