Liverpool to host equality, diversity and inclusion in journalism teaching conference [Video]

The Journalism department at Liverpool John Moores University is pleased to be hosting a free one-day conference on EDI in Journalism education on June 26th and a final call is going out for papers and input.

This event will be an opportunity for journalism educators and industry representatives to share research and practical ideas around embedding EDI in teaching and learning, and to discuss how media companies and journalism trainers can better work together in this area.

The day will include:

Jody Doherty-Cove, Head of Editorial AI at Newsquest, will be presenting a session discussing the inherent bias and lack of diversity in AI and the challenges this can pose within journalism.

Gurvinder Aujla-Sidhu, Associate Professor at the University of Derby, will deliver a workshop on actionable, practical steps lecturers can take when planning, delivering and assessment design to be inclusive and reflective of the students in the classroom, drawing on her work on decolonising journalism …