Journalists demanding more actions against online harassment Photo: AP Photo/Paula Munoz. A cellphone displays The Associated Press Twitter account on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in Los Angeles. Associated Press Created: June 09, 2021 10:18 AM
The Associated Press recent firing of a young reporter for what she said on Twitter has somewhat unexpectedly turned company and industry attention to the flip side of social media engagement the online abuse that many journalists face routinely.
During internal meetings after the Arizona-based reporter, Emily Wilder, was let go, several journalists expressed concern over whether the AP would have the backs of employees under attack from the outside.
Recently, Lightfoot called the media out on the diversity issue.
In the early 1990s, Price told Texas media outlets that he was only speaking to Black journalists. Talk about a mad scramble. Talk about some mad people! However, there were also some very happy people, who looked or thought like me.
Yes, it was an interesting time, because previously Price had picketed news organizations, calling attention not only to the paltry number of Black people in their newsrooms, but also to the lack of minority procurement, community involvement/engagement/support and the low incidences of retention, hires and promotions of Blacks.
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A cellphone displays The Associated Press Twitter account on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in Los Angeles. The AP s recent firing of a young reporter for what she said on Twitter has somewhat unexpectedly turned company and industry attention to the flip side of social media engagement the online abuse that many journalists face routinely. (AP Photo/Paula Munoz) Photo: Associated Press
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer
NEW YORK (AP) The Associated Press’ recent firing of a young reporter for what she said on Twitter has somewhat unexpectedly turned company and industry attention to the flip side of social media engagement the online abuse that many journalists face routinely.
Airbnb
2020 commitment: Airbnb said it would donate a total of $500,000 to the NAACP and the Black Lives Matter Foundation. It also said it would match employee donations to both groups.
The company also said that by the end of 2021, 20% of its board of directors and executive team collectively would be made up of people of color. By the end of 2025, Airbnb said, its goal is to have 20% of U.S. employees be underrepresented minorities and for 50% of global employees who identify in the gender binary to be women.
Airbnb also said each member of its executive team would create and share a detailed plan to meet those goals with their teams.