Guides:

DEI Coalition

The DEI Coalition For Anti-Racist, Equitable, And Just Newsrooms consists of more than 900 members of the journalism community dedicated to sharing knowledge and taking concrete action in service of a more anti-racist, equitable and just journalism industry. This guide is a collection of any public resources Coalition members create. Join the Coalition here.

Articles

  1. How to turn 🔒 Private Conversations into 🌳 Public Resources through 🤝 Community Consent

    Posted on Many times, it is only because a conversation was off the record, that we are able to learn the most — and after learning it, we realize that the broader community could benefit from learning it too. So how do we share knowledge from conversations we all agreed would be private, in a way that builds more trust instead of tearing it down? This guide shares one possible process.

  2. Resources and Recommended Reading on Hiring

    By Members of the DEI Coalition

    Posted on This document captures many of the excellent tips and resources on equitable and inclusive hiring practices that have been shared in the DEI Coalition Slack. The resources, articles, and suggestions here were all drawn from ongoing discussions, and we expect to keep expanding on and refining this document to reflect those conversations. To publish and update this resource, we asked everyone whose advice we’re sharing for explicit permission to share their insights.

  3. Community Q&A: As a white manager, how do I build trust and be a good ally to my colleagues of color?

    By Members of the DEI Coalition

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    DEI Coalition members talk about allyship in practice, acknowledging power dynamics, and building trust

  4. What kind of change could we create, if we truly came together?

    By Sisi Wei

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    Why the DEI Coalition Slack exists, and the truths about anti-racism and equity work that journalism needs to stop ignoring.

  5. Slack moderator structures should share power and guard against burnout

    By Sophie Ho and Sisi Wei

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    Focusing on logistics, emotional labor, welcome and support, safety, and membership review

  6. I’m redesigning brainstorming for asynchronous participation and I love it

    By Sisi Wei

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    When I worked in newsrooms, one of the most frequent complaints I heard was about needing to go to too many meetings and therefore not being able to get your work done. But the problem has never been with meetings themselves — but rather whether the people calling the meeting effectively used the time and placed real value on other people’s time.

  7. Redesign your live meeting agenda doc with these templates

    By Sisi Wei

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    How to prioritize people who are participating on their own time

  8. Answering your questions on how to redesign brainstorming meetings

    By Sisi Wei

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    Meetings belong to participants, too: overcoming tech barriers and snackable next steps

  9. Journalists: If you’ve worked with others to change your newsroom, you’re probably an organizer

    By Sisi Wei

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    Three lessons I’ve learned about journalism, organizing, and how closely intertwined they are.

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