One of the goals for the Vision25: Building Racial Equity in Newsrooms collaboration is to establish 'institutions of belonging.' The term describes actively anti-racist news organizations where journalists of color have a sense of agency and belonging in the newsroom. We believe that institutions of belonging are part of the solution to creating a diverse, equitable and trustworthy press.

So how can your news organization become an institution of belonging? What does belonging feel like?

In the first episode of Belonging in the News in 2022, Martin G. Reynolds, our moderator and co-executive director of the Maynard Institute will discuss belonging with award winning-journalist and the current editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue, Versha Sharma. They’ll discuss her sense of agency throughout her career, how it feels to belong while reporting in major US publications; how it feels to be a ‘first’; the first South Asian American woman to helm Teen Vogue, a publication that has become a leading voice in political and social justice issues in recent years.

The event is one hour long. The last 15 minutes will be open for audience questions. Please use the "Ask a Question" feature to submit your question.

NEW : Leaders of our Vision25 partner organizations, Sisi Wei of OpenNews and Irving Washington of the Online News Association, will join us on screen after the main event to facilitate an "after-party" discussion in the Crowdcast chat on any extra themes or questions that audience members want to cover. There is no need for extra registration, just stay on the same Crowdcast event page to participate. The after party will last for as long as audience members would like, with a hard stop at 1:30pm PT/4:30pm ET. Can’t wait to see you there!

The Online News Association, OpenNews and the Maynard Institute have come together to create Vision25: Building Racial Equity in Newsrooms, a catalyst in a social change movement that seeks to build journalistic institutions where newsrooms are actively anti-racist and collaborative, and journalists of color feel like they truly belong. Learn more here.

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Belonging in the News with Versha Sharma