Welcome. My name is Vivian Schiller and im the director of aspen digital. Were blunt glad you could be with us today. The New York Times bestseller list can often seem to be a veneer of the National Psyche and this year it seems to reflect a nation going through an awakening on matters of race. Books written by people of color and about matters of race and racism have filled those lists, both fiction and nonfiction. Thats the good news. Sadly the Publishing Industry does not necessarily always reflect that reality. The recent twitter protest hashtag publishing pay me exposed the disparity in the industry between black and nonblack authors. There are few people of color who serve as publishing staff or literary agents and even fewer who operate at decisionmaking levels and for those who are published, sometimes the marketing exposure can be sub optimal. This year of National Reckoning on racism were going to take a look at the industry, the book Publishing Industry and whether it can br
I am Vivian Schiller with the outfit institute. Glad you could be with us today. The New York Times bestseller list can be a mirror of the National Psyche and this reflects a nation going through an awakening on matters of race. Books on matters of race and racism fill fiction and nonfiction. Thats the good news. Sadly the Publishing Industry does not always reflect that reality. The recent twitter protest amy, the pay disparity in the industry between black and nonblack others. There are a few people of color who serve as publishing several literary agents and even fewer who operate at a decisionmaking level and for those who are published, the market exposure can be so awesome. At this year of National Reckoning on racism, we look at the book Publishing Industry and whether it can bring more racial diversity to the field. This is part of our changing the narrative series, issues of race through the media and one program on the news media and another program about the entertainment in
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Not dropping a huge amount because blustery winds because of the blustery winds and the generally mild themes of things. Places staying in things. Many places staying in double figures overnight as we go friday itself, then go through friday itself, then a largely showery and blustery day for of us. Watch out as for many of us. Watch out as some those showers be some of those showers could be heavy, thundery, heavy, possibly even thundery, particularly towards the south and of the uk. Signs and southeast of the uk. Signs of something a little bit drier pushing in from the west, but for many it is going to be a largely showery picture. Temperatures still well above average for the time of year, so highs of around possibly i7 highs of around 16, possibly i7 celsius by highs of around 16, possibly 17 celsius by that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. Good morning. 930 on thursday, the 14th of march. This is britains newsroom on gb news with Andrew Pierce