Topic: DEI

Is it DEI or Activism: When Campus Media Cover Racial Justice Demonstrations

Charlotte Norsworthy Varnum, “Is it DEI or Activism: When Campus Media Cover Racial Justice Demonstrations,” Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Panel Acceptance August 2023

Overview: This panel will examine current research and real-world experiences of college media newsrooms covering human rights topics while also addressing DEI issues in the classroom and the newsroom. Other panelists include Katy Culver (UWisconsin), Darlene Lee (Rochester), Chelsea Reynolds (CSU-Fullerton), and moderated by Carol Terracina-Hartman (Murray State).

Making sense of DEI: The construction of diversity, equity, and inclusion at public relations agencies in the United States

Abstract: This in-depth interview study captures the perspectives of DEI professionals at public relations (PR) agencies and their evolving understanding of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), focusing on the relationship between the organization and its employees and clients, and discusses factors, environments, and relations that influence DEI efforts. This study is an attempt to shed light on the dynamics that DEI practitioners at PR agencies navigate in their efforts to retain employees with marginalized social identities.