Again and again, it’s the same old story.
White men have dreams, investors back them, propel them to new heights, and the press jumps into the dance. With so many busts, winters, and bears coming out of these recurring events, it’s starting to feel like a requirement of the game.
When I started reporting on business and technology, I quickly noticed a lack of intersectionality in my coverage. He’s not in 2020 when all publications have started to backtrack to highlight minority communities. I mean the natural ways of business and technology reporting are generalized for white people’s understanding. Diversity is a separate article, if not separate expertise.
Diverse perspectives are rarely justified as sources of information on topics other than diversity. Communities are often reported annually or as tragedies. It’s never routine, and it’s never guaranteed. This produces an unnuanced piece, not as intersecting as a real business and tech audience. Rather, it is a regular awareness of the past, present, and future of how classism, racism, and sexism have intersected economically to shape the world we live in today.
This often means more scrutiny, more challenges and asking harder questions. I’m asking a big question in between. It covers Miami’s cryptocurrency boom and the resulting increase in housing problems. It thinks more critically and does more work. Understand how the lossmaking in Silicon Valley contributes to the opportunity gap for aspiring black entrepreneurs and how new-age startups can address the needs of historically overlooked populations ties something together.
It’s more stories from the depths of #BlackTechTwitter. The idea is that the business and technology verticals should appear to intersect as much as the readers want to read. Reporters need to do more work.
In the coming year, we hope to see the hiring and retention of a diverse staff reporter (which doesn’t just mean white females) who will be given a platform for opinion and analysis, as well as business and tech news. . The key here is to put these reporters on staff and give White her business the same rights, opportunities and privileges as her reporters. This is not just for their own communities, but for these industries as a whole.
We believe this will lead to business moguls and tech tycoons being held accountable more often. White business reporters tend to softball the powerful white men who make up most of the people they cover, and until they’re forced or it’s too late, they don’t start backing down. It is this understanding of the benefit of doubt that strengthens the power of Moreover, the same point of view always follows the same type of story.
Sometimes it feels like accountability is lacking. The issues raised by the minority community are either not taken seriously or take too long to land on mainstream people’s radar. and reach your dreams.
It also helps us fight back more against the power of Allbirds, who constantly seeks to devalue our work. The power of the press is for the people, and we don’t have to wait for a bear market to show us outliers or outright liars. It also helps with reporting. This is because staff with knowledge of non-white and even non-American communities are better able to frame social issues that are free of stereotypes.
The need for diverse reports like this will only grow, if not just for the fact that they make for good storytelling. People want to see through the smoke and keep those in the shadows on their toes. Just as we need commentaries that reflect the perspectives of many minorities, we need more insights to help diverse communities understand how technology and business intersect their lives. increase.
Journalists are artisans of power, politics, culture and privilege. Changing the face of journalism starts with changing the trendmakers who curate our stories. Currently, can he name five black business and technical editors in any of the major publications?10 currently. Then name five more Black reporters on staff who are covering the same thing.
Take a look at new media startups that claim to tell new stories and reach new audiences. See their mastheads and read their work. The lack of diverse insights, analysis, and segregated reporting is something of an editorial redline and seems intentional. increase.