The Maynard Institute Welcomes The 2021 Maynard 200 Fellows
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44 Media Professionals to Receive Career Advancement Training and Mentorship by Top Experts to Foster Equity and Belonging in Newsrooms and Beyond
The Maynard 200 fellowship will provide cutting-edge training and year-long mentorship from top experts. EMERYVILLE, Calif. (PRWEB) April 13, 2021 The Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education [MIJE], a national nonprofit dedicated to making newsrooms look like America and to bring about equity and belonging in media, today announced the 44 fellows selected for Maynard 200, the third cohort of its flagship fellowship.
The diverse group of media professionals was selected from a competitive pool of more than 140 applicants. The fellows represent a mix of mainstream, ethnic, local community and niche media, and their entrepreneurial ventures. The Maynard 200 fellowship will provide cut
Racism is the idea that one racial group is inferior or superior to another, and has the social power to carry out and benefit from systemic discrimination. This applies to most, if not all, institutions in this country, including public media. Anti-Blackness and white supremacy shape both the institutional policies and practices of society and shape the cultural beliefs and values that support racist policies and practices.
White supremacy is the political and socio-economic system that allows white people both at a collective and individual level to enjoy structural advantage and rights that other racial and ethnic groups do not.
By Giana Magnoli, Noozhawk Managing Editor | @magnoli
December 16, 2020
Cities all over California are switching to district-based elections.
Santa Barbara has already held three of them to elect City Council members, and the transition has not delivered on all the hopes and promises of higher turnout and more equitable participation.
But it’s a start.
The current City Council is more diverse, in terms of ethnicity, age and gender, than the governing bodies before the switch to districts.
While every area of the city directly elects someone to the City Council, voters including the ones in historically underrepresented neighborhoods only vote for one of six members now, instead of casting a ballot for every seat.