Poynter’s seventh Leadership Academy for Diversity in Media is a transformative leadership program to train BIPOC journalists to thrive professionally and personally. The 2023 program will take place Oct. 1-6 on Poynter’s campus in St. Petersburg, Florida. Applications for the diversity leadership academy are open Jan. 4 through Feb. 17, 2023.
What do you mean by ‘diversity’?
This leadership academy is designed to address the traditional lack of racial diversity in U.S. media.
According to a 2021 survey by the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA), only 20% of TV news directors were people of color. In radio, only 7.2% of news directors are non-white. Poynter views under-representation as a core ethical problem in journalism. Getting more perspectives and diverse voices into positions that influence news coverage is crucial for both quality journalism…
