New tool allows NPR to track source diversity in real time

Journalists across NPR are now tracking the demographics of their sources in real time thanks to a new piece of software that launched last month.

Dubbed Dex (after “Rolodex”), the tool is attached to NPR’s content management system. For each story, reporters, producers, correspondents and editors submit information about their sources’ race and ethnicity, gender identity, geographic location and age range.

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