What is Representative Journalism?
Paladin wants to centre on-going industry discussions about representation and inclusion, innovations in investigative journalism and engaged audiences around a goal-oriented framework that focuses on journalism’s core purpose; to be informed, and to inform.
It's impossible to be fully informed when many experiences, skills and types of knowledge are sorely underrepresented in newsrooms today.
All three are inextricably linked to representation and inclusion, innovative investigative reporting and engaged audiences.
Bringing and integrating these underrepresented experiences, skills and knowledge to newsrooms is indispensable to providing journalism of the highest quality.
Quality journalism is the only kind of journalism that can withstand and overcome information crises.
Representative Journalism delivers just that.
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Quality representative journalism is built on:
1. Representative newsrooms
Quality-based HR practices
Recognition and development of diverse qualities
Identification and integration of underrepresented knowledge, skills and experiences
2. Representative content
Representative information and language
Representative angles and sources
Representative visuals and editorial choices
3. Representative leadership
Representative role models
Representative and transparent guidelines and policies
Representative accountability