Maybe I'm forgetting how effective Twitter used to be. Maybe it's gone downhill more than I realize. Or maybe there are a lot more journalists active on Mastodon now. Either way, the amount and quality of news coverage I get in my Mastodon feed is as good as it was on Twitter. Thank you #NewsTooters!

Why am I talking so much about the difficulties people who are not white middle class men face? It’s not just because the current situation is morally wrong. It’s because if you change who makes programmes, you change the programmes. If you change you who defines the news agenda, you change the agenda.

https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/risj-review/if-your-newsroom-not-diverse-you-will-get-news-wrong

#JournoTalk #JournoChat #diversity #news #NewsTooters

"If your newsroom is not diverse, you will get the news wrong"

"If your newsroom is dominated by people with a particular background, you will get the news wrong," says Dorothy Byrne from Channel Four