“Advancing Diversity & Inclusion in Journalism”

COPEAM has been granted a new funding from the European Union, as partner of a consortium led by C.A.R.E.S – Osservatorio di Pavia and composed also by Fondazione Diversity Ets, Fundación para la Diversidad and International Federation of Journalists. Under the ERASMUS+ Small-scale program, “Advancing Diversity & Inclusion in Journalism” recently launched as a project to explore concrete ways of promoting diversity and inclusion values in newsrooms’ culture and practices, starting from the increasingly clear and shared assumption that without diverse and inclusive teams, newsrooms would miss out on critical viewpoints, perspectives and voices.

The action is structured around four specific objectives:
1) Enhance journalists’ understanding of the D&I values and practices in news coverage.
2) Raise awareness among news media organisations regarding the importance of diversified staff and identify proper tools to do so.
3) Transfer good D&I practices from other fields to journalism through a participatory approach.
4) Develop and disseminate guidelines for a D&I-sensitive journalism.