Report of the Fox News Workplace Professionalism and Inclusion Council
dated July 22, 2021
Introduction and Background
Since its last report on December 29, 2020, the Fox News Workplace Professionalismand Inclusion Council (the “WPIC”) met on February 4, 2021, February 16, 2021, andMay 20, 2021. All such meetings were held via videoconference.
WPIC members Kevin Lord, Executive Vice President of Human Resources, Fox
Corporation; Sylvia Hewlett, Author & Chair Emeritus, Center for Talent Innovation;
the Honorable Barbara Jones, Partner, Bracewell LLP; Virgil Smith, Principal, SmithEdwards Group LLC; and Brande Stellings, Principal, Vestry Laight LLC, attended allmeetings. WPIC member Lily Fu Claffee, Executive Vice President & GeneralCounsel, Fox News Media, attended the February 4 and February 16 meetings. New
WPIC member, Bernard Gugar, General Counsel & Executive Vice President ofCorporate Development, Fox News Media, attended the May 20, 2021 meeting.
Regular WPIC Meetings on February 4, 2021
On February 4, 2021, the WPIC had the first regular council meeting of the year.
Kevin Lord discussed the Action Plan Fox News Media (“FNM”) has initiated toaddress the gap in the scores for engagement and overall experience given by Blackand multi-racial employees in comparison to all other demographic groups that wererevealed in last year’s Great Places to Work (GPTW) survey. This Action Plan centeredon the following principles: improving communication, increasing engagement,
building community, and encouraging career development. In addition, FNM
instituted coaching for some executives to address additional gaps identified in thesurvey results, including those relating to trust, fairness, and other issues.
Steps taken to improve communication included (i) all team leaders holding end-ofyear team meetings, (ii) implementing more frequent one-on-one performance checkins, and (iii) continuing True North and Premiere sessions. The True North
Leadership Development Experience is a live (onsite or web-based) multi-weekprogram targeted toward VPs and SVPs that empowers functional leaders to develop
their capabilities and drive business success. The Premiere Management
Development Program is a live (onsite or web-based) multi-week program targeted
toward managers and directors that helps participants develop as front-line leaders.
To increase employee engagement, Fox has created opportunities for special
recognition, increased employee involvement in decisions that affect them, andencouraged team activities to foster transparency and openness. For example, theinaugural FNM Spotlight Awards for employee recognition were presented at theyear-end company-wide Town Hall. In addition, many teams are exploring added
team building resources with FNM’s Learning & Development team.
In its continued efforts to build a sense of community among employees, FNM’sCEO Suzanne Scott and her direct reports provided employees increased time andopportunity to attend Employee Resource Group meetings. FNM also continued its
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) webinars, offering 20 such webinars from April
2020 through March 2021. These sessions averaged approximately 100 participants
per session. Volunteering initiatives such as Operation Gratitude, Winter Wishes,
National Day of Service Opportunities, and Together We Rise were also very
successful. Most sessions reached maximum attendance within 15 minutes of being
announced. Lastly, The Fox Academy Winter Break provided employees theopportunity to interact virtually with popular FOX personalities and engage in service
to give back and spread joy in their communities, was even better attended than BringYour Child to Work Day.
To further career development, Fox continues to provide training opportunities,
regular feedback to employees, and opportunities for cross-departmental exposureand stretch projects. This has included tailored opportunities for early career
employees and building career pathing resources. Other resources also provided
employees include the MentorMatch mentorship program and the eLearning
platforms LinkedIn Learning and Harvard Manage Mentor. The WPIC also notedthat sponsorship (i.e., high-octane mentoring) can be much more effective than
traditional mentorship in closing progression and retention gaps between Caucasianand Black talent. As a follow up WPIC member Sylvia Hewlett (author of “TheSponsor Effect” and an expert in this field) reached out to Kevin Lord to offer sometactical material that has helped other companies embed sponsorship in theirleadership cultures. On June 22, Kevin Lord pulled together a small group of leadersfrom the Fox HR team (himself, Marsheila Hayes, FOX’s VP, Diversity & Inclusion,and Lauren Hallam, FOX’s VP of Employee and Community Engagement) to meetwith Sylvia Hewlett for a brainstorming discussion on what tactical measures mightwork at Fox News. Much progress was made with the potential to positively impact
the workforce.
Next, the WPIC was briefed on the recruitment strategies and sourcing channels
which FNM has implemented to ensure that a qualified and diverse slate of candidates
is presented to hiring leaders for all roles. The WPIC appreciated the comprehensive,multi-pronged plan for improvement in attracting diverse candidates, which includes
the use of a current employee network to source for internal and external candidates,
proactively searching for candidates through the use of various sourcing technologies,
resume databases, search engines, and alumni job boards. FNM also partners withseveral organizations and targets several colleges and universities for early in-career2

recruiting. Several of these schools include designated Historically Black Colleges orUniversities, Hispanic Serving Institutions, as well as CUNYs, and SUNYs. FoxNews Media also has a College Associate Program that had 40 associates, 42% ofwhom identified as people of color, for the spring 2021 semester. The WPIC also
discussed the importance of focusing on the experience of diverse talent once
recruited to the company and, in particular, access to mentoring and sponsorship.
Jason Klarman, President FOX Nation and EVP Marketing for Fox News Media,
then spoke to the WPIC about the America Together initiative. In response to achallenge from senior management regarding how we can celebrate diversity across
FNM’s different platforms, Mr. Klarman and his team created America Together, amulti-layered campaign consisting of the following:• In each key diversity month, FNM selected four outstanding individuals orgroups from all walks of life, to profile and celebrate their unique contributions
to their families, communities, professions and country.
• FNM created two-minute profiles of these honorees that used FNM’s own
diverse talent and highlighted them in-show every Friday throughout the day
on various programs and platforms.
• These profiles run on FOX News Channel, FOX Business, FOX News Audio,
FOX News Edge, FOX Nation, FOX News Digital, and FOX Television
Stations and have reached 100s of millions of people
In September 2020, FNM celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month by creating a fourepisode series honoring the historic and inspiring achievements of HispanicAmericans. During Black History Month in February 2021, FNM showcased thestories of eight outstanding individuals who have made incredible achievements infaith, military, entertainment, business, and politics. This comprehensive America
Together content is housed on the microsite,
https://www.foxnews.com/americatogether.
Representatives from Eskalera followed Mr. Klarman and presented a pilot proposalthat could be used at FNM. Eskalera provides a software platform that measures
employee experience and engagement, including inclusion, and offers diversity andinclusion solutions and actionable steps to improve hot-spots within an organization.
Its co-founders draw on their prior experience leading learning programs at Catalyst
and as CHRO for Goldman Sachs. Eskalera proposed an iterative and interactive
platform that would engage employees in self-reflective exercises that focus on thelearner’s experience. The goal of this process is to show employees how to engage
effectively in diversity and inclusion and build community through dialogue and3

connection. The WPIC was encouraged by the proactive approach presented byEskalera, with its emphasis on learning micro-modules and incorporation of ‘nudges.’
Regular WPIC Meeting on February 16, 2021
The February 16 meeting focused on working with GPTW to develop “pulse surveys”
that will provide follow-up data to the successful company-wide survey last year.
FNM and the WPIC remain focused on improving the scores of Black/Multi-Racial
employees as well as monitoring hot-spots identified by the survey. The pulse surveys
would be directed at the lowest scoring departments, managers, and performers fromthe 2020 survey, and would be designed to determine if progress had been made since
the immediately preceding survey was conducted. The WPIC worked with GPTW todevelop approximately 10 questions for the pulse survey, and the plan was to conduct
the survey in March 2021.
Regular WPIC Meeting on May 20, 2021
The WPIC next met on May 20, 2021 and discussed the results of the pulse surveythat was conducted from March 15, 2021 through April 15, 2021. Although thesurvey showed improvement from the 2020 results and the trend lines were going in
the right direction, the WPIC noted that there were still areas that should continue tobe addressed.
Regarding FNM’s continuing efforts to improve the engagement and overall
experience of its employees, especially as it pertains to Black and multi-racial
employees, Mr. Lord noted that FNM had recently launched the Eskalera program
discussed above. Engagement with the program has been encouraging. The
engagement rate for registered managers was 72%, and rising. While these are solid
initial results, FNM is taking steps to drive continued adoption of the program,including the formation of an Ambassador Group to help continue to share theEskalera and FNM message.
FNM also revisited the mission of its Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Council. The goal
is to better leverage the Council as an internal sounding board for employees that can
assist in forming action plans with senior management. One focus was how Council
members can move from being members to being true Ambassadors. FNM also
increased its internal promotion efforts to encourage more employee-engagementwith our Employee Resource Groups. FNM will also work with the WPIC to review
and improve its Mentoring Programs.
Looking Forward
The WPIC will continue to work together with FNM management to set the agenda
and topics to be addressed at future meetings. Chief among these topics will beensuring that the progress FNM has made in addressing the challenges presented by4

the 2020 GPTW continues. One of the more important tools in that regard is thehigh-octane mentoring mentioned above. The WPIC members have worked closelywith FNM leadership and look forward to building on the successes over the last twoand a half years to further Fox News’ goal of increasing diversity and maintaining astrong culture that is inclusive and welcoming for all of its employees.
The 2020 GPTW survey showed that 85% of FNM employees felt that in the prioryear, Fox News had taken meaningful action to address sexual harassment in theworkplace. The WPIC encourages FNM to build on this success by continuing its
ongoing sexual harassment training and committing to small employee group
discussions when employees return to the office.

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