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Dear Maynard Family,
In industry news this week, education news site The Grade released the results from their yearly review of diversity at major education news outlets. The major takeaway was that there is, "A wide range of racial diversity among those who responded, and an ongoing reluctance to share information from larger outlets." Find the full survey and writeup below.
SRCCON, the annual conference from OpenNews, kicked off today and will feature several diversity and belonging focused sessions including a Vision25-hosted discussion tomorrow, Thursday, August 12 at 1pm PT/4pm ET. The conversation, facilitated by ONA executive director Irving Washington and Maynard co-executive director Martin Reynolds, will focus on the values that journalism should champion as more and more news organizations cast aside objectivity. More details and instructions on registering for SRCCON are below.
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The Maynard Institute is the nation’s oldest organization dedicated to helping news media accurately portray all segments of society, particularly those often overlooked. We want to thank you for supporting this mission by subscribing to our newsletter or donating any amount – which automatically enrolls you in our membership program.
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Maynard Institute events are free to attend, but costly to produce. Support these conversations by making a donation of any amount.
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Upcoming: Thursday, August 12, 1pm PT/4pm ET
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Replacing Objectivity with Actual Values
Facilitated by Irving Washington, Martin Reynolds
This session starts with the assumption that the status quo version of objectivity, which has contorted journalism into fitting within a predominantly white, male gaze, is over. Instead, we’ll talk about what journalistic values newsrooms should be aspiring to instead. Is the next actual step for newsrooms to list their own values publicly on their websites? What should those values be? Should journalists disclose party affiliations?
View the list of sessions or fill out this form to attend SRCCON.
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Upcoming programs hosted by friends of the institute:
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Applications open for Trust 101: Earning trust with communities of color
In a four-week class, Trusting News will look at concrete steps newsrooms can take to build trust with communities of color. BIPOC communities often feel that their lives, values and priorities are not reflected in the news, and they often have historic and ongoing grievances that back up those views. In addition, most newsroom staffs do not reflect the diversity of their communities and aren’t making fast enough progress on that front. Is your newsroom ready to apply? Fill out this form by Sept. 7
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Apply to join Escribe, Mi Gente by Sunday, August 22, 2021
Emerging cultural critics of Puerto Rican descent are invited to submit their application and writing sample to this mentorship program. A selection committee will choose six writers to participate in the mentorship and writing program. Each mentee will be paired with a mentor and write an 800-1,200-word essay of cultural criticism, which will be published in a digital and print journal. Maynard 200 '19 alumna, Natasha Alford, will be one of the mentors for the program. Borinqueñx, apply today!
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Congratulations to Lottie Joiner, Maynard 200 Fellow '21, who has been named the new editor-in-chief of Capital & Main, a leading nonprofit investigative news publication that reports on inequality and climate change. Joiner formerly served as editor-in-chief for the NAACP’s The Crisis magazine. She has written for USA Today, the Washington Post, Atlantic.com, Ebony and Jet magazines, Essence, NBCBLK, The Undefeated, The Grio, TheRoot and many other outlets.
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Deputy Sports Editor – AP, New York, NY
News Director, Climate and Environment – AP, New York/London/Washington D.C.
Product Designer – CalMatters, Sacramento, CA
Human Resources Director – Mother Jones, Remote
Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable Coordinator – Mother Jones, San Francisco, CA
Communications Lead – Solutions Journalism Network, Remote
General Assignment Reporter – KPBS, San Diego
Speak City Heights Reporter – KPBS, San Diego
Managing Editor – Auricle Productions/Threshold podcast, Remote
Investigative Data Editor – Ashbury Park Press, Ashbury, NJ
Metro Reporter – Ashbury Park Press, Ashbury, NJ
Enterprise Reporter - Breaking News – Ashbury Park Press, Ashbury, NJ
Finance and HR Manager – Press On, Remote/U.S. South
Development Director – San Francisco Public Press, San Francisco, CA
Resources
The Journalist Trauma Support Network
A new pilot program that trains psychologists to care for journalists with occupational stress and trauma, and matches these therapists with journalists in need. Therapists trained to work with journalists are now accepting referrals.
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Diversity in education journalism: 2021
By Alexander Russo
Per a survey performed by the education news site, the Grade, among education news outlets and teams that share information, racial diversity ranges from 29 percent to 70 percent of full-time editorial staff. Twenty percent of education journalists who participated in the 2021 survey from the Education Writers Association (EWA) identify as Hispanic/Latina(o), Black/African-American, or Asian. +Check out the Grade's piece on 'Why white journalists need to stop focusing on ‘learning loss’
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Media profits can’t come at the expense of Latinx and immigrant lives
By Jessica J. González
This Prism article implores media organizations to confront how the 2019 El Paso tragedy was not just the result of one individual’s actions or lax gun-control laws, but also a consequence of a media ecosystem that incites—and even profits from—hate and violence.
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Why Stacy-Marie Ishmael doesn’t see leaving a job as a failure
By Jaden Edison
As a nonwhite, non-male, foreign-born citizen who’s occupied highly visible positions of leadership for a long time, Ishmael has never been able to navigate media removed from the fray. “I am helping people navigate...but I’m also navigating,” Ishmael said in an important piece from Poynter on burnout and industry sustainability.
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Please reply to this email with any questions, comments or love for the Maynard Institute for Journalism Education.
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