All Diversity articles – Page 71
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CommentDiversity matters
The under-representation of ethnic minorities in the creative sector was highlighted at a Creative Access showcase
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CommentLenny Henry: The Roadmap for Change
TV Collective founder Simone Pennant on bringing Lenny Henry’s diversity vision to life
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NewsKrishnan Guru-Murthy: no progress on diversity
Krishnan Guru-Murthy has claimed that diversity in UK broadcasting has gone “backwards” over the past 20 years because bosses are “paralysed by the idea of doing something really radical”.
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NewsBBC plans BAME Expert initiative
The BBC is to hold two presenter talent days for the BAME communities, which it hopes will build on the success of the Expert Women initiative.
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NewsSky boosts diversity drive with scholarships
Sky is to strengthen its support of diversity within the TV industry by offering five new scholarships for young people from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
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NewsIndies blame broadcasters over diversity
The indie sector believes that broadcasters’ refusal to take risks on new production staff and onscreen talent is holding back diversity in the TV industry.
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NewsLenny Henry: BBC must ring-fence funds for BAME shows
Lenny Henry has called on the BBC to extend the model used to guarantee its nations and regions spend to black and ethnic minority (BAME) productions.
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NewsCDN plans permanent leadership
The Creative Diversity Network needs a “permanent executive structure” if it is to make genuinely significant changes to the sector, the organisation has acknowledged.
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NewsBBC gets tough on diversity
The BBC is to ramp up the social profiling of its workforce and could introduce the ‘Rooney Rule’ into its recruitment processes under plans to radically boost diversity.
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NewsBBC launches three apprenticeships
The BBC has launched three apprenticeship schemes as the corporation bids to better reflect the makeup of modern Britain.
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NewsDoreen Lawrence praises broadcasters
Baroness Doreen Lawrence has given her blessing to the way in which broadcasters have handled their coverage of her son Stephen’s murder over the last 20 years.
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NewsNFTS 2014 gala to focus on diversity
The National Film and Television School’s 2014 fundraising Gala will attempt to improve diversity in the film, TV and gaming industries.
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NewsBBC lacking gay characters
Ben Stephenson has voiced concerns about the lack of gay characters in UK drama – and argued that BBC drama has a “long way to go” before it becomes truly diverse.
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CommentTrans people need a voice
The portrayal of transgender people in the media is usually inaccurate, and often offensive.
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CommentDiversity: the numbers don't add up
The RTS Journalism Awards offered Marcus Ryder a glimpse behind the headline stats
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NewsBanking more ethnically diverse than media
A study of the top 10,000 executives across British industry reveals a deep “diversity deficit”– and reveals the banking and finance sector is more ethnically diverse than the media.
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CommentNews needs to reflect the audience to stay relevant
Advertisers realise the importance of diversity, and so should we
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NewsCDN puts diversity pledges to test
The Creative Diversity Network (CDN) is on the brink of unveiling a monitoring service that will assess how the major broadcasters’ are performing against their diversity targets – and compared with each other – for the first time.
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NewsTV admits diversity failures
Baroness Floella Benjamin made an impassioned plea in her opening address at Ed Vaizey’s diversity roundtable last week: “Don’t let our children down,” she said, “especially our young black men. They don’t feel part of this.”
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NewsLenny Henry: diversity needs dedicated funding
Actor and writer Lenny Henry has called for broadcasters to ring-fence money to increase BAME representation in the TV industry.