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EPISODE · Nov 12, 2025 · 37 MIN

Media Companies Are Turning Their Backs On Diverse Voices

from In the Loop with Sasha-Ann Simons

Journalists of color are being laid off at alarming rates as DEI commitments waver. In the Loop digs in with local journalists about the how the erasure of Black perspectives in news impacts communities. Our panel today: Brandon Pope, president of the National Association of Black Journalists Chicago chapter, Natalie Moore, director of audio journalism programming at Northwestern University, and Morgan Elise Johnson, co-founder and publisher of The TriiBE. For a full archive of In the Loop interviews, head over to wbez.org/intheloop.

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Journalists of color are being laid off at alarming rates as DEI commitments waver. In the Loop digs in with local journalists about the how the erasure of Black perspectives in news impacts communities. Our panel today: Brandon Pope,...

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