MEDIA

Walter Kaitz, Executive Director, Michelle Ray named in the CableFax Diversity List for 2020, a longstanding recognition of the top multi-ethnic industry executives, based on their accomplishments and influence — as well as their commitment to ensuring that other executives of color receive the same opportunities to grow and flourish.

Non-fiction producers trade association NPACT has formed an alliance with production jobs platform Staff Me Up and BIPOC advancement and mentorship organization Hue You Know with the goal to “broaden and diversify” the non-fiction production talent pool. The alliance seeks to aid production companies in “committing to diversity and inclusion throughout the hiring process, and fostering […]

Walter Kaitz Foundation Pivots to Fundraising Effort and NAMIC and WICT Move to Virtual Conferences Cable’s anchor organizations for Diversity Week – the National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications (NAMIC), Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT), and the Walter Kaitz Foundation – are forging ahead with new plans for virtual initiatives to supplant our traditional conferences and […]

NCTA’s Michael Powell delivers powerful remembrance of 1619 anniversary.

WASHINGTON, DC – Comcast NBCUniversal, the global media and technology company whose primary businesses include Comcast Cable, NBCUniversal, and Sky, will be honored as the 2019 Diversity Champion at the 36th Annual Walter Kaitz Foundation (WKF) Fundraising Dinner this September.

NEW YORK – The Annual Walter Kaitz Foundation Fundraising Dinner was both a blast from the past and a clarion call to the future. Under the theme “Painting a Picture of Diversity,” the organization celebrated its 35th annual dinner while setting a tone for the future. That included welcoming the Kaitz Foundation’s new Executive Director Michelle […]

Annual event raises funds to support media and telecommunications industry diversity groups.

34th Annual Fundraising Dinner featured appearances by Sean Combs, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and “Insecure” co-star Yvonne Orji.

34th Annual Fundraising Dinner features Sean Combs, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and “Insecure” co-star Yvonne Orji.

Annual event raises funds to support telecommunications industry diversity groups.