#60: Newsrooms So White
In The Thick
Futuro Media
4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 2 May 2017
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
NPR’s recently released diversity numbers showed little improvement in 2016, and many other outlets have declined to even release their numbers. So why is it so hard to create a diverse newsroom? Hosts Maria Hinojosa and Julio Ricardo Varela lead a discussion with reporter Farai Chideya and writer Jeff Yang on what newsrooms miss when they aren’t diverse, and why diversity in newsrooms is more crucial now than ever.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of In The Thick is brought to you by 1,800 Flowers. |
| 0:03.4 | If we don't pay attention to communities of color, we miss stories |
| 0:07.9 | that affect the entire nation. And that I think is the biggest of the big pictures. Hey, welcome to In The Thick. |
| 0:17.2 | This is a podcast about politics, race and culture |
| 0:19.7 | from a POC perspective. |
| 0:21.5 | I'm Maria Inohosa. |
| 0:23.0 | And I'm Gullerica-Lober-Ella. |
| 0:24.6 | And we are back on the road this week. |
| 0:26.4 | Oh my God, I am so tired of airports, airplanes, and airplane food. |
| 0:31.2 | Yes, I am out in LA this time. |
| 0:33.7 | Gorgeous LA. I'm joined here by Jeff Yang. He's a veteran author, journalist, and |
| 0:38.0 | co-host of the new podcast, they call us Bruce, an unfiltered conversation |
| 0:42.4 | about being Asian American and |
| 0:44.3 | joining us from Boston is for a Cheycheedea. She's reported for CNN and PR 538. |
| 0:49.2 | Oh my God and everybody else and she's now a fellow at Harvard |
| 0:53.0 | Schoenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy. |
| 0:56.4 | All right for Rye, finally we got you on in the thick. |
| 0:59.1 | Oh, I'm so delighted and welcome Jeff to have you right here in the studio with me in LA. |
| 1:03.0 | Thank you. And I'm back. |
| 1:05.0 | Yes, you're back. |
| 1:07.0 | So Monday, May Day, traditionally a day for workers' rights this year, a lot of the focus on the rallying on the streets |
| 1:16.6 | is for immigrants. |
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