Commitment to Diversity

Diversifying Our Sources

One of the many areas in which coverage and copy collide is the blacklist. The blacklist is essentially a list of the entire school, color-coded into who has been interviewed and who has not been interviewed. The list not only has the names of the students but also their art area and grade level. If we wonder which art areas are covered too often or which grade levels tend to go unheard, the blacklist answers those questions. Our publication strives to capture the voices and stories of different people across the student body, and the blacklist ensures that.

Dreyfoos Demographics

Understanding Representation

I utilized this slideshow to communicate to the staff the importance of equal representation in our coverage. We posted graphics with the presentation’s data on Instagram to demonstrate the campus’ demographics. While we might interview students from a certain group more often, this does not correlate with the campus’ populations. For example, we learned that visual art students are the majority, but we don’t cover them as much. Not only did this presentation lead to a better understanding of overcoverage or undercoverage of certain groups, but it led to a coverage opportunity in itself.