NCMR 2011 - Diversity in Emerging Media
Channel: Free Press
Date: 2011-08-10

The future of journalism is about more than finding a new business model for the same old news. Media's reinvention is a chance to re-imagine what news could look like if diversity -- of sources, stories and staffing -- were a core value. Some emerging outlets and organizations strive to fully integrate ideals of inclusivity in defining what and who is news; how does this change the stories they tell? 

This discussion, held at the National Conference for Media Reform in Boston on April 9,  challenged the idea of diversity as a static "good thing" to be tacked on to our work, and asked what it means to do news a truly new way.

Panelists: Letrell Crittendon, Lincoln University, Voice of Philadelphia; Jaclyn Friedman, Women, Action & the Media; Florence Hernandez-Ramos, Latino Public Radio Consortium; and Chris Rabb, Afro-Netizen. Moderator: Janine Jackson, FAIR;

Thanks to Nick Ring of Community Television for the Southern Berkshires for the footage.

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