media diversity

Media Is Growing More White -- What's the FCC Doing About It?

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:04:42 -0400

Full article: ColorLines
Jason Smith
The increasing lack of racial diversity in the U.S. media landscape is becoming a hot topic and putting pressure on policymakers to pay attention. To effectively instigate and sponsor racial diversity in the media landscape, the FCC in particular will have to think more broadly about media policy entirely.

Third Circuit Decides for People over Corporations in FCC Case

Stevie Converse — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 07:49:11 -0400

Full article: BradBlog
Sue Wilson
The Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals handed the public a huge victory and giant corporations a rare loss, in their decision on a case that most of the public knew nothing about, but one which has the potential to benefit real people with better quality news and information for decades to come.

Victory for Media Diversity: Court Strikes Down FCC’s Attempt to Relax Media Ownership Rules

Stevie Converse — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 07:12:21 -0400

Full article: Democracy Now!
Media consolidation impacts those who are historically disenfranchised in the media system like women, people of color, workers and others who are silenced by non-representation in the media. A court decision to overturn the FCC's rule that made it easier for a single company to own a newspaper and a broadcast outlet in a single market is a huge victory for the millions of Americans that went on record to demand more diverse media.

Media Minutes: July 8, 2011

Stevie Converse — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:43:20 -0400

In a victory for the public interest, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals dealt a decisive blow against would-be media moguls this week. It threw out the FCC’s rules that would have allowed one company to own a newspaper and broadcast stations in the same market. And pediatricians agree with First Lady Michelle Obama. They both say that kids should limit their time in front of TV, computers and other devices.

Media Minutes (2011-07-08)

Stevie Converse — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:28:55 -0400

Third Circuit Remands Newspaper-Broadcast Rule Change to FCC

Stevie Converse — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 13:09:38 -0400

Full article: Broadcasting & Cable
John Eggerton
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the FCC's 2008 decision not to loosen the TV duopoly, radio ownership or TV-radio crossownership rules and vacated and remanded its loosening of the broadcast-newspaper cross-ownership rule for failure to meet notice and comment requirements.

FAIR vs. PBS, Again

Stevie Converse — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 11:39:50 -0400

Full article: PBS
Michael Getler
The PBS ombudsman responds to the latest FAIR analysis of PBS news and public affairs programming: PBS can still do better on the diversity front and that everybody will be better off, especially the viewers, if this is done properly. As a viewer, I would not have ranked the race/ethnicity/gender part of that as an obvious problem, but the FAIR analysis is a good reminder and renewable challenge, especially about the need for more public interest guests.

What Everyone Is Missing About NPR's WilliamsGate

Stevie Converse — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 08:45:46 -0400

Full article: Huffington Post
Farai Chideya
This country needs NPR, now more than ever. But it needs an NPR and media, broadly, that are adventurous rather than expedient when it comes to reporting on a divided America, and cultivating the most diverse staff, and audience. We need a little more light shining on how NPR deals with diversity. NPR's new diversity czar, Keith Woods, should be empowered to look at the issue broadly and respected by management.

NABJ Laments Lack of Diversity in TV News Management Ranks

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 11:14:14 -0400

Full article: Radio Business Report
The National Association of Black Journalists is calling on television group owners to do a better job of reflecting the ethnic makeup of the communities they serve when it comes to naming executives in their local newsrooms.

Media Minutes: April 2, 2010

Candace Clement — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:41:10 -0400

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has announced a major journalism initiative that will increase original local reporting in seven regions around the country. And as Comcast and NBC plan their merger, what questions should we be asking about their woeful commitment to diversity?