How to Improve Source Diversity
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The document discusses the importance of source diversity in journalism, emphasizing that diverse sources lead to better representation and reporting. It highlights statistics on the racial and gender disparities in media sources, stressing the need for journalists to include more diverse perspectives. Ultimately, the text argues that leveraging diverse sources enhances the quality of journalism and better reflects the community.
How to Improve Source Diversity
- 1. Source Diversity: How to Get It with Margot Carmichael Lester © 2017 by Teaching That Makes Sense, Inc. All rights reserved. For more information contact Margot Lester at margot@thewordfactory.com
- 2. What’s hard or frustrating about source diversity for you? © 2017 by Teaching That Makes Sense, Inc. All rights reserved. For more information contact Margot Lester at margot@thewordfactory.com
- 3. Why We Care About Source Diversity •Our work should reflect our community •Multiple perspectives drive better reporting & coverage © 2017 by Teaching That Makes Sense, Inc. All rights reserved. For more information contact Margot Lester at margot@thewordfactory.com
- 4. Diverse Sources Drive Better Journalism by 1. Reflecting our community more accurately 2. Offering new or different topics & angles 3. Enabling deeper reporting & broader coverage 4. Uncovering biases© 2017 by Teaching That Makes Sense, Inc. All rights reserved. For more information contact Margot Lester at margot@thewordfactory.com
- 5. Photo by bachmont - Creative Commons Attribution License https://www.flickr.com/photos/8845870@N07 Created with Haiku Deck Racial Diversity Source: The American Society of Newspaper Editors >33% of Americans are people of color.
- 6. Yet… •25% of NPR’s subject-matter experts were people of color. •11% of sources on “Morning Edition” and “All Things Considered” were African- American. •6% of sources were Latino. Source: National Public Radio
- 7. Photo by bachmont - Creative Commons Attribution License https://www.flickr.com/photos/8845870@N07 Created with Haiku Deck Gender Diversity Source: Women’s Media Center 2017 Study Women make up 51% of the U.S population.
- 8. Yet… • Female reporters covering reproductive rights and campus sexual violence featured women in 42% of their quotes. • Male reporters featured women in only 27%-28% of theirs.Source: Women’s Media Center 2017 Study
- 9. Photo by gruntzooki - Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License https://www.flickr.com/photos/37996580417@N01 Created with Haiku Deck © 2017 by Teaching That Makes Sense, Inc. All rights reserved. For more information contact Margot Lester at margot@thewordfactory.com How do we find more diverse sources?
- 10. Photo by Vermin Inc - Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License https://www.flickr.com/photos/71038389@N00 Created with Haiku Deck Demographics Photo by Teillas - Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License https://www.flickr.com/photos/48635844@N08 Demographics
- 11. Photo by Thomas Hawk - Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License https://www.flickr.com/photos/51035555243@N01 Created with Haiku Deck Perspectives
- 12. Photo by mindgutter - Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License https://www.flickr.com/photos/41894176980@N01 Created with Haiku Deck Stakeholders
- 13. Photo by Travis Isaacs - Creative Commons Attribution License https://www.flickr.com/photos/65977087@N00 Created with Haiku DeckPhoto by Marco Gomes - Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License https://www.flickr.com/photos/39802787@N00 Created with Haiku Deck Weak Ties
- 14. Photo by Marc Wathieu - Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License https://www.flickr.com/photos/88133570@N00 Created with Haiku Deck Influencers
- 15. Third Places
- 16. So? Diversity isn’t a buzzword. Tapping into diverse sources makes you a better journalist and makes your paper or show a better product. © 2017 by Teaching That Makes Sense, Inc. All rights reserved. For more information contact Margot Lester at margot@thewordfactory.com
- 17. with Margot Carmichael Lester Twitter: @word_factory Blog: thewordfactory.com/our-blog Instagram: @beabetterwriter Thanks for attending © 2017 by Teaching That Makes Sense, Inc. All rights reserved. For more information contact Margot Lester at margot@thewordfactory.com Source Diversity: How to Get It