Story Meeting: News Organizations and Toronto Star

story meeting: Prompted by Black Lives Matter protests and fueled by years of empty promises to make themselves more representative of society, some news organizations and schools of journalism are wrestling with demands for change, according to Rabble. Some, like the CBC, are hemorrhaging in public, with the resignation-by-Twitter of Indigenous broadcaster Christine Grenier over what she said was systemic discrimination to the suspension of superstar Wendy Mesley who used what reports imply was a racist slur in a story meeting and was called out by her colleagues . Others, like the Toronto Star, are making yet another attempt to change from within -- hopefully after studying why several previous efforts at diversity did not get off the ground. But it's work that needs to be done. Still others, like the schools of journalism at Carleton and Ryerson, are facing demands from Black students for more diversity education and support. Clearly, each of those institutions must find its own path to enlightenment and change. Demands include mandatory unconscious bias training for faculty, courses in anti-racism and Black history for all students, and more diverse professors and guest speakers. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.