Diversity
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Undocumented Student Alliance Campaigns for Rights of Immigrants and Students
The Undocumented Student Alliance at the University of Georgia partnered with the Hispanic Student Union to host their first in-person meeting since the start of the pandemic on, Tuesday, April 13. The organizations gathered on the same day that the University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents, who have upheld…
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palabra. Expands Opportunities for Latino Journalists, Audiences Through Multimedia Platform
Vicki Adame was a freelance journalist working in Mexico City before the pandemic and was able to tell stories that were happening in that community through palabra. Palabra. is a multimedia platform that allows members of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists who are freelance journalists to cover stories and…
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Independent Press in Athens Publishes Latina, Indigenous Stories
A small independent press in Athens, Georgia, Orca Libros, opened its doors in 2018 with the sole focus of providing an outlet for Latin American women authors. “There is a new wave of Mexican and Latin American writers… It is important to remark on the voices of these people,” said…
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Women in Journalism Still Face Inequalities
Although women regularly outnumber men in journalism programs, they represent only 41.7% of all U.S. newsrooms, according to the 2018 Diversity Survey by the ASNE. For women of color, the numbers are even worse. In 2018, Black women made up only 3.45% of the journalism workforce. Physical representation is not…
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Black Journalists Discuss Importance of Diversifying Newsrooms
Athens-Clarke County and the surrounding counties are diverse areas that are served by only a few local news organizations. On a national level, newsrooms that are representative of the demographics of the United States population are hard to come by, and this issue is perpetuated on the local level as…
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Journalists Of Color Discuss Disparity In Latinx Coverage For Northeast Georgia, Nationwide
Whoa, what do you mean by others?” This is the question that came to Gianncarlo Cifuentes, Regional News Director of Univision 34, after the release of COVID-19 numbers that showed how many tests had been administered and the number of deaths related to COVID-19 in Georgia. These numbers were released…
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Georgia Daze Strives to Increase Black Student Applicants
Since Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter-Gault desegregated the University of Georgia and took their first steps on campus, diversity has been celebrated — but it has not increased by much statistically. According to the UGA Fact Book, the Black student population was 1,854 students in 2004. In 2020, 2,116 students…
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Avid Bookshop’s New Book Club Promotes Literature About Race and Labor
After the George Floyd protests, members of the University of Georgia’s United Campus Workers of Georgia, UCWUGA, realized there are not enough opportunities for open dialogue on racial issues in the Athens community. “We wanted to educate others and ourselves about racial justice,” said Jessica Roberts, a member of UCWUGA’s…
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Black Journalists Express Strain That Reporting On Black Trauma Takes On Mental Health
For Black journalists, covering race and reporting on tragedy can be especially triggering when they are exposed to Black trauma. According to the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, journalists are often at the forefront of traumatic news events, and exposure to these incidents can result in mental health concerns…
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Local Art Group, Library Bring ‘Diversity to the Arts’ with Virtual Series
The Oconee County Cultural Arts Foundation, OCAF, and Oconee County Library have partnered to spark a virtual conversation with seven local artists and bring awareness to the topic: Diversity in the Arts. After the social justice movements in 2020, La Ruchala Murphy, the executive director of OCAF, knew it was…