How to start with DEI
A roadmap to greater diversity, equity and inclusion in the media
This report, available only to FIPP members, features the views of some key voices in the DEI debate as they seek to offer media companies a blueprint for how to ensure their workforce, culture and output reflect the society in which they operate.
Topics covered include:
- Why DEI is important
- How movements for change have impacted the understanding of DEI
- The business case for DEI
- How media companies should embrace DEI
- How successful they have been so far
- The importance of cultural change in media companies
- Why media companies need a DEI officer and what their role is
- Staffing strategies
- Why class and background are taking centre stage
- Are quotas the solution?
- Global legislation around quotas and staffing issues
- Content audits
- Training
- The importance of the media’s indie sector
- How social media has changed notions of DEI
