Post by Kiwi Frontline on Nov 1, 2021 3:18:42 GMT 12
TE RITO - A NEW BID TO BOOST DIVERSITY IN OUR NEWSROOMS
We’ve had too few journalists of Māori, Pasifika and Asian origin in our newsrooms for decades - and now there’s a new publicly funded push to turn that round. Four established outlets are backing the Te Rito Journalism project.
It is a new collaboration between four media companies - NZME, Newshub, Māori Television and the Pacific Media Network - actively seeking trainees to boost the diversity of New Zealand newsrooms - and eventually, the news itself.
These are paid positions and the public is paying: $2.4 million to “identify, train, develop and hire 25 cadet journalists”.......
www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018818338/te-rito-a-new-bid-to-boost-diversity-in-our-newsrooms
We’ve had too few journalists of Māori, Pasifika and Asian origin in our newsrooms for decades - and now there’s a new publicly funded push to turn that round. Four established outlets are backing the Te Rito Journalism project.
It is a new collaboration between four media companies - NZME, Newshub, Māori Television and the Pacific Media Network - actively seeking trainees to boost the diversity of New Zealand newsrooms - and eventually, the news itself.
These are paid positions and the public is paying: $2.4 million to “identify, train, develop and hire 25 cadet journalists”.......
www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018818338/te-rito-a-new-bid-to-boost-diversity-in-our-newsrooms