Has the need to cover a more-diverse world outpaced actual diversification in mainstream newsrooms? How is the media handling stories of Latinx people, indigenous people, Arabic people and immigrants of all nationalities? Today, we'll be joined by Boston Globe columnist Adrian Walker, so please be sure to check out some of his most-recent columns. We'll also carve out time to talk about how things are going with your midterm ERA articles, if needed.
Required Reading/Viewing:
- “The Crisis in Covering Indian Country” by Jenni Monet, Columbia Journalism Review
- “Bringing Native American Stories to a National Audience” by Jon Marcus, Neiman Reports
- “This Is What Latinos Think Everyone Got Wrong About El Paso” by Adrian Carrasquillo, Politico
- “Why Don’t Newsrooms Diversity Initiatives Work? Blame Journalism Culture” by Kathleen McElroy, Poynter
- “When Newsrooms Are Dominated by White People, They Miss Crucial Facts” by Jelani Cobb, The Guardian
- “The Modern Newsroom Is Stuck Between the Gender and Color Line” by Tal Abbady, NPR
- “The Race Beat, Revisited” by Jaweed Kaleem, Neiman Reports
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