'Overwhelmingly Anglo-Celtic': new report shows diversity still lacking on Australian free-to-air TV news

By Dimitria Groutsis, Associate professor, University of Sydney
Joanne Crawford, Research assistant (contract), University of Sydney Business School, University of Sydney

Research from the Who Gets to Tell Australian Stories? 2.0 report released today shows newsrooms across Australia are responsible for reinforcing and reproducing racial inequalities because they fail to represent the voices and faces of the society they serve.

Australia’s population is more diverse than ever. The latest ABS Census data shows just 54% of Australians…

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