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TV One and Boys & Girls Clubs of America will be honored for their commitment to diversity and inclusion at the 35th Anniversary Walter Kaitz Foundation Fundraising Dinner.

As we enter Diversity Week 2018, the national landscape is much changed. #Metoo, #TimesUp, inclusion riders, inequality in popular films and lack of inclusion in the director’s chair all leave us with a sense that progress is elusive and unattainable.

The National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications (NAMIC) announced A. Shuanise Washington, as the organization’s new president and CEO, effective September 27.

Don Lemon, correspondent and anchor of “CNN Tonight with Don Lemon”, will be the opening keynote speaker for the 32nd Annual NAMIC Conference, October 16-17, 2018 at the New York Marriott Marquis.

Exploring Emmy’s Uphill Road to Inclusion The importance of inclusion in the industry has dominated headlines over the past year. However, it has still not translated to Academy voters: The 70th annual Emmy award nominees are overwhelming white and male. Shonda Rimes Unveils Slate of Eight Netflix Series The prolific producer will also reunite with […]

We recently spoke to Tiffany Smith-Anoa’i, EVP, Entertainment Diversity, Inclusion and Communications at CBS and posed a few questions.

Let’s face it, times have changed. In the 38 years since the founding of the Walter Kaitz Foundation, the collective media and telecommunications industries are nearly unrecognizable as the upstart, scrappy businesses they once were.

Each fall, The Walter Kaitz Foundation’s Annual Fundraising Dinner brings together leaders from across the media and telecommunications industries to build significant support for the advancement of diversity and inclusion within our industry.

At the end of 2017, Univision Communications, Inc. announced the results of a consumer attitude survey it conducted as part of its strategic initiative to close the diversity gap in entertainment. The “Storytelling Unbound” research project was national in scope and surveyed approximately 2,000 film and TV consumers, consisting largely of adults 18-49 years of […]

Cox Named No. 13 on Diversity Inc. 2018 Top 50 Companies List Obama’s ink deal with Netflix Cultural Insights Virtual Forum