Tag / newsroom diversity
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![Illustration of a woman on a television news screen reporting from Toronto, Canada faces viewers with the chiron, "Boss: can you check your activism at the door?"]()
‘Can you check your activism at the door?’: Under white supremacy, Black Canadian journalists see their very existence as a radical act
As newsrooms globally respond to accusations of racial bias by focusing on diversity, journalist datejie cheko green looks to her experience in Canada to argue that a fuller reckoning of journalism practices, from recruitment to the daily meeting, is needed to make real change -
![Data visualization of CAJ survey results reflecting that of 209 newsrooms and 3,873 journalists, 53% are women and 75% are white. Graphic shows option to sort by race.]()
Half of Canadian newsrooms entirely white, says first CAJ survey of race in media
Data submitted by 209 newsrooms shows racialized journalists concentrated in part-time and internship roles -
![The Globe and Mail DEI Annual Report. Red background and white text reading: THE GLOBE AND MAIL DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION ANNUAL REPORT JULY 2020 TO JUNE 2021]()
Globe and Mail launches diversity report
Document will serve as ‘annual reckoning,’ writes publisher -
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Canada ended my decade-long career in journalism
As newsrooms grapple with the homogeneity of their mastheads while continuing to privilege hires with strictly ‘Canadian experience,' qualified, talented expats are moving on -
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Levelling the playing field in Canadian sports media
I can still count the number of racialized women in sports journalism on the fingers of one hand. I hope not for long -
![On a yellow background, black text reads "Diversity and the future of Canadian Broadcasting Policy, a roundtable discussion Tuesday 2 March 2021, 11:55 - 13:30 EST"]()
Diversity and the Future of Canadian Broadcasting Policy
A roundtable bringing together industry voices to discuss promoting cultural and linguistic diversity in Canadian broadcast policy. -
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Survey of race in Canadian newsrooms open for submissions into 2021
CAJ invites newsroom leaders to provide quantitative data on full-time staff -
![A box with event details and the title 'Newsroom Leadership in the age of Black Lives Matter.' The background bears the words 'Black Lives Matter' repeatedly.]()
Newsroom leadership in the age of Black Lives Matter
The pandemic, economic struggles, and demands for social justice are forcing newsrooms to account for their own failures at diversity, inclusion and representative coverage. Those failures have led to resignations of top leaders at The New York Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, and many other publications.
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