Feeling you belong will make you a better journalist.

40 Years of Driving Diversity in Journalism

Dear Maynard Family,

This is Evelyn Hsu and Martin G. Reynolds, co-executive directors of the Maynard Institute. We want to thank Maria Hinojosa, award winning journalist and founder of Futuro Media, for joining us for the November episode of the Vision25 Belonging in the News series. Her nonprofit news organization was built upon tenets of both diversity and belonging and she emphasized in last Friday's conversation that, "feeling like you belong will make you a better journalist." Find the recording below.

We will continue collaborating with OpenNews and The Online News Association, who are our partners in Vision25: Building Racial Equity in Newsrooms, to develop actionable plans for creating institutions of belonging. Stay tuned for updates.

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Belonging in the News: Part Two with Maria Hinojosa
Each episode of the Belonging in the News series features a one-on-one discussion between Maynard Institute co-executive director Martin Reynolds and a distinguished journalist of color. Please check out the recording of the November episode of Belonging in the News, where Martin interview Maria Hinojosa, founder of Futuro Media, a newsroom built upon a foundation of diversity and belonging. The series will return for episode three in January, we hope to see you there!
Watch the recording here.

Congratulation to Dalila-Johari Paul, Maynard 200 '18 alumna, for her recent promotion to Senior Editor of the Race and Equity team at CNN Dalila joins this team after nearly four years as a digital editor for CNN. Prior to CNN she was an editor at The Guardian and CNBC. The new Race and Equity and Policing teams at CNN will be led in part by Delano Massey, who is a graduate of the Maynard Institute's former Media Academy program.

Congratulations to Rachel James-Terry, alumna of the Jackson Voices program, a sister program of Oakland Voices located in Jackson, Mississippi. Rachel was a paralegal when participating in the community reporting program and has spent a combined 22 years in the media, public relations, and corporate litigation industry. She also served on the strategic planning committee for the Maynard Institute alongside other distinguished media leaders. Read the full press release.

Managing Editor - San José Spotlight, San Jose, California

Oakland Voices: Community correspondents participate in a nine-month program learning to use journalism to tell the stories of their lives and those of their neighbors. Here are a couple of their recent stories:

Talk of the Town: OUSD Teachers in a Distance Learning World
By Debra Gordon
A recently retired OUSD teacher now teaching adult ESL via Zoom, interviews OUSD teachers and one librarian about distance learning.

Parenting During a Pandemic: Oakland Mom, Malinda Bun, of Cambodian Street Food
By Katharine Davies Samway
Oakland Voices is interviewing parents during the COVID-19 pandemic. For the series, they've reached out to parents to explore struggles they may have, any benefits they see to distance learning, and support that they would welcome.

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