Media Highlights
NBC News cited the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative's study of diversity and inclusion at Netflix, which found that "a mere 4.5 percent of main cast and crew members in Netflix U.S. series and films in 2018 and 2019 were Latino."
The Associated Press quoted Robert Hernandez on efforts to increase diversity in newsrooms. “There is no pipeline problem,” he said. “We are producing diverse students. The reality is they’re not being hired, they’re not being retained, they’re not being promoted.”
In an article about how racism in the music industry extends to touring production teams, Mic cited research by the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative noting that the two largest concert promoters have no senior Black executives.
The American Prospect cited a study by the Norman Lear Center’s Media Impact Project on the representation of immigrants in scripted television shows.
Dana Chinn provided database design and analysis for a Washington Post investigation into the abuse of international domestic workers.
In an article on Latino representation in Hollywood, USA Today cited a recent study by the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative showing disproportionately low numbers of Latino leading characters in top films.
Christina Bellantoni spoke with Vice about how journalists are routinely subjected to online abuse over the stories they cover. “Journalists of color, particularly women of color, in newsrooms I’ve been in, have borne the brunt of that for a long time," she said. “I do not feel that newsrooms have adequate support systems for this at all.”
In a column on the Latino presence in media, the Los Angeles Times cited recent research from the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative on the underrepresentation of Latinos in top Hollywood films.
In an Op-Ed for the Los Angeles Times, Rook Campbell offered advice for sports journalists writing about trans competitors. "Basic interviewing technique will serve the profession well: Let these individuals communicate how they think about themselves," he wrote.
In an interview with actor Riz Ahmed, PBS NewsHour referenced research he worked on with the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative showing poor representation of Muslim characters in Hollywood films. "We got the numbers back and, surprise, surprise, the numbers are terrible," he said.
Voice of America news spoke with Clayton Dube of the USC U.S.-China Institute about China's new rules for filmmakers. "Netflix tried for years to enter the Chinese market, but it understands now that China's government is not going to permit foreign entertainment platforms to compete with those it controls," Dube said.
BBC News spoke with Karen North about the difficulties with reforming the way social media works. "It's not as easy as saying there's a problem at a company, let's figure out how to change its culture," she said.