Introduction
Mc Nelly Torres, an award-winning investigative journalist with more than two decades of experience, has joined the Center for Public Integrity as an editor.
Torres will play a critical leadership role as Public Integrity realigns its journalism around covering inequality and serving and engaging diverse communities across the country.
“Mc Nelly has produced an amazing body of work as an investigative reporter in her career,” said Matt DeRienzo, Public Integrity’s Editor-in-Chief. “She has also trained thousands in the work, and through her leadership with IRE and NAHJ, helped steer the industry overall to do better. We can’t think of a better match to help lead our storied newsroom as it tackles America’s inequality crisis.”
Diana Gutiérrez. Photo courtesy of WISN 12.
MILWAUKEE, WIS. (December 16, 2020) – WISN 12 News is excited to announce
Diana Gutiérrez as the newest member of ‘WISN 12 News This Morning’ and ‘WISN 12 News at 11:00 a.m.,’ effective early January 2021.
Gutiérrez joins
Eden Checkol weekdays from 4:30 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. on Milwaukee’s number one rated local morning news, ‘WISN 12 News This Morning’ (Nielsen November 2020 LIVE+SD M-F 4:30-7A Program Avg. P25-54 Rating). Gutiérrez will also serve as co-anchor on the top rated ‘WISN 12 News at 11:00 a.m.’ with Eden Checkol on weekdays (Nielsen November 2020 LIVE+SD M-F Program Avg. P25-54 Rating).
Data and shame
“Raise awareness of our shortcomings via data. And shame leadership if they don’t do something about it.”
It was a different time, the early 2000s. Among the largest and most influential media companies was Knight Ridder a company many journalists today either don’t know or barely remember.
But some things remain the same. The lack of diversity in newsrooms was a huge, shameful problem same as today.
Sure, Knight Ridder was famous as a digital innovator for having the San Jose Mercury News be among the first papers to go online, even launching Mercury Center on AOL back in 1993. But for me one of their biggest innovations was toward the end of its corporate life: a program developed in partnership with the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.
Announcing the Texas Observer’s New Engagement Initiative
Since 1954, the Observer has focused on communities who are often ignored. Funding from the Google News Initiative takes us to the next level.
Since 1954, the Observer has focused on communities who are often ignored. Funding from the Google News Initiative takes us to the next level.
DaLyah Jones
Dec 15, 2020, 11:00 am CST
Journalism’s great strength is in its ability to hold the powerful to account. For too long, however, that power has been tempered by the fact that communities of color are often simply written out of or represented incorrectly in news coverage. This great sin of omission is something that we are only now beginning to confront.
The Interceptâs 2020 Annual Staff Demographic Survey
Having an understanding of our staffâs demographic profile is key as we seek to further diversify our newsroom.
December 15 2020, 9:01Â p.m.
Following extensive discussions about diversity and inclusion in our newsroom, The Intercept decided to conduct a comprehensive demographic survey of our staff.
The survey, which consisted of 16 questions sent to all 53 full-time U.S. employees, was conducted in March 2020 and will be repeated annually. Voluntary and anonymous, the survey was completed by 98 percent of newsroom employees.
Having an understanding of our staffâs demographic profile is key as we seek to further diversify our newsroom, and the annual survey will help provide a benchmark for ongoing diversity initiatives at The Intercept. According to the survey results, 58 percent of our staff identify as white and 34 percent identify as people of color, with the remainder declining to self-identify. Our lon