By Deanna Mackey Within the first month of our inaugural Public Media CEO/COO Boot Camp , a participant shared that she had started to lose hope about her career prospects. She had applied for senior leadership positions at stations but hadn’t been able to crack the mid-level glass ceiling. Sometimes she’d get the interview, but never […]
Wednesday, July 28, 2021
Participants in the Public Media Diversity Leaders Initiative greet each other. Photo courtesy of The Riley Institute at Furman University.
As public media leaders nationwide navigate how to best foster diversity and equity in their workplaces and communities, new Arizona PBS general manager Adrienne Fairwell is among the first group to participate in a program exploring opportunities and challenges related to diversity, equity and inclusion.
Today, 31 public media professionals from across the country were part of the inaugural class to graduate from the Public Media Diversity Leaders Initiative (PMDLI), a program of the Riley Institute® at Furman University offered in partnership with South Carolina ETV and modeled after the Institute’s award-winning South Carolina Diversity Leaders Initiative.