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SCETV and the Riley Institute have partnered to explore opportunities and challenges related to diversity, equity, and inclusion in the public media sector As public media leaders navigate how to best foster diversity and equity in their workplaces and boards while making content inclusive for a wide array of audiences, a program is providing them with tools and perspectives that they can apply in their efforts.
WKAR Public Media’s Julie Sochay, senior director of content and communication, is one of thirty-two public media leaders to graduate from the Public Media Diversity Leaders Initiative (PMDLI).
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.