The case for a more diverse and representative media should be clear by now - it’s been made time and time again.
But it’s instructive to take stock every now and then. Over the last month alone, we’ve seen a number of clear examples of why greater diversity in media matters:
the all-white, 20-seat Melbourne Press Club board failing to elect a single person of colour in recent elections
ABC’s Insiders being criticised for having no people of colour on the program for the last ten years (something it finally rectified by inviting on Triple J’s political reporter Shalailah Medhora and the ABC’s first-ever Indigenous foreign correspondent, Bridget Brennan)
Read more: https://theconversation.com/australias-media-has-been-too-white-for-too-long-this-is-how-to-bring-more-diversity-to-newsrooms-141602
But it’s instructive to take stock every now and then. Over the last month alone, we’ve seen a number of clear examples of why greater diversity in media matters:
the all-white, 20-seat Melbourne Press Club board failing to elect a single person of colour in recent elections
ABC’s Insiders being criticised for having no people of colour on the program for the last ten years (something it finally rectified by inviting on Triple J’s political reporter Shalailah Medhora and the ABC’s first-ever Indigenous foreign correspondent, Bridget Brennan)
Read more: https://theconversation.com/australias-media-has-been-too-white-for-too-long-this-is-how-to-bring-more-diversity-to-newsrooms-141602
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