What does ‘doing diversity’ do?, and how can it be done differently?

This project aims to take stock of the state of news media’s ‘diversity problem’—developing the first detailed, Australia-wide study of how news media organisations respond to criticism of the makeup of their workforce. We will examine what initiatives are being taken to diversify news media workplaces and their workforce, and the frameworks and approaches to understanding and addressing the problems of racism, discrimination, and harm inside the workplace. We will build new knowledge on strategies and practices of survival employed by diverse media workers who navigate careers in often hostile environments, using this to inform a set of strategies for industry to improve their practices, and make news media organisations safer workplaces.