Dori Maynard, president of the Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education, died Tuesday, February 24, 2015. She was 56. Maynard was a tireless advocate for more racial diversity in the newsroom, as well as for greater awareness of diversity issues within news coverage itself. As...
With apologies to disruption enterprises like Airbnb and Uber, the biggest story in tech during 2014 was the Silicon Valley diversity gap. As entrepreneur Hadi Partovi writes over at edSurge, stalwart companies such as Google, Facebook, and Yahoo! all acknowledged last year that their employment...
We're excited about the new Apple Watch and the updates to the Mac Book Pro, but what really interests us is Apple's announcement about its effort to increase STEM careers among women and ethnic minorities. Diversity in the tech field, along with the watch, took center...
Filmmaker Spike Lee and media and fashion entrepreneur Marc Ecko talk to WSJ’s Lee Hawkins about the benefits of understanding diverse markets. ...
Despite President Obama’s announcement on Monday that more than $240 million in new private-sector commitments will be going toward preparing youth to pursue STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) careers, there still exists a very clear lack of diversity in the tech field. According to Change...
SAN FRANCISCO — The growing effort to get more African Americans and Hispanics to join tech companies or start their own is hitting the road, pushing beyond Silicon Valley into the rest of the nation. Google is backing a new pilot program from CODE2040 in three...