Industry Watchers: Health Care and Staff Members

industry watchers: For the similarly flawed media industry, a long-standing problem has suddenly become harder to ignore Many outlets striving to inform the public of widespread racial bias do so with stories that are assigned, reported and analyzed by predominantly white editorial staff, according to CTV. The not-so-surprising result They're failing, say industry watchers and a growing number of staff members risking their jobs to speak out. All while reporters increasingly turn their attention to detailing institutional discrimination in nearly all other facets of society, including justice, politics, health care and education. And while many media organizations are expressing renewed commitments to diversify their newsrooms and coverage, those journalists say it will take more than pledges to create meaningful change. Corus Entertainment faced a public lashing by rank-and-file staff over claims of toxic workplaces for people of colour; the National Post endured a newsroom revolt over contentious columns that denied the existence of systemic racism in Canada; CBC suspended and disciplined star Wendy Mesley for twice quoting a racial slur in editorial meetings and CBC Radio's Yukon Morning host Christine Genier resigned over the lack of Indigenous representation in Canadian media. A SERIES OF MISSTEPS Revelations have emerged in recent weeks of racial indignities suffered at multiple news outlets, where current and former employees are attempting to lift the curtain on how and why tensions persist. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.