“Actual diversity is about including ‘others’ in the conversation, about them becoming a part of us.”
A journalism and media environment that is more diverse and more inclusive. That’s the path we hope the media takes in 2021, and a goal that we at Chicas Poderosas are working toward.
This year, Black Lives Matter, the pandemic, protests in Latin America, and other events have sparked conversations about equality and inclusiveness. And though this debate has reached journalism, there’s a lot more to be discussed in terms of actual diversity in the media.
At Chicas Poderosas, we worked on three collaborative journalism projects in five different countries this year to tell underrepresented stories of how the pandemic affected different populations. We found that, for all the media coverage the coronavirus got, there were multiple pandemics that were not reported on. Covid-19 and the ensuing confinement meant completely different things for somebody living in a big city