‘It dampens the conversation’: no more excuses for Australian media’s lack of diversity

Journalists and advocates say the talent pool is there but the country’s reporting still does not reflect who we are

In the wake of the Black Lives Matter and Indigenous Lives Matter protests in Australia, journalists have spoken up about a lack of racial and socioeconomic representation in the media industry.

Helen Vatsikopoulos, a Walkley-award winning former foreign correspondent, calls it “enlightened management”. Nakari Thorpe, a reporter for SBS and former political correspondent for NITV, says the burden needs to shift from the reporters to the editors, the producers, and the people doing the hiring and the firing.

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