How can newsrooms better report on, and collaborate with, communities of color — and radically improve decades of poor coverage?
These are the questions that animate the work of Dr. Letrell Crittenden, director of inclusion and audience growth at the American Press Institute. He has spearheaded the launch of the API Inclusion Index, to assess and improve newsrooms’ coverage of communities of color.
Focused on five news organizations in Pittsburgh, the scheme partners with the Pittsburgh Black Media Federation to analyze coverage of communities of color — identifying failures and strengths of reporting — and develop strategies to transform years of neglect.
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