{"id":170,"date":"2025-03-21T13:39:36","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T13:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/navigating-teacher\/chapter\/diversity-in-news-media-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-22T19:16:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T19:16:23","slug":"diversity-in-news-media-2","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/navigating-teacher\/chapter\/diversity-in-news-media-2\/","title":{"raw":"Diversity in News Media","rendered":"Diversity in News Media"},"content":{"raw":"Assign half of the students to read the article <a href=\"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/navigatingstudent\/chapter\/article-1-decolonizing-journalism\/\"><em>Decolonizing Journalism <\/em><\/a> and the other half of the class to read the <a href=\"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/navigatingstudent\/chapter\/article-2-owning-our-stories\/\"><em>Owning Our Stories<\/em><\/a> article. Both articles are accessible in the student material section of this lesson. Have students answer questions and then share the answers to their respective articles:\r\n\r\n<em>Decolonizing Journalism<\/em>\r\n\r\n[h5p id=\"6\"]\r\n\r\n<em>Owning Our Stories<\/em>\r\n\r\n[h5p id=\"7\"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNext. discuss as a class:\r\n<div class=\"textbox\">\r\n\r\nHistorically, Canadian journalists and newscasters have mostly been White males. Has this changed? If yes, how so and why has this happened? (<em>For instance, women are now much more heavily represented \u2013 are other groups?<\/em>) Do you think the changes accurately reflect reality?\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNote that media ownership in Canada has also generally been White. Then ask:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class=\"textbox\">\r\n\r\nWhat might be different when diverse groups have economic control of production and broadcasting? 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