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How one Mexican magazine adopted inclusive language in Spanish
Gina Jaramillo, editorial director of Chilango, explains how they came up with non-discriminatory language for the magazine and how it can become a tool to make diversity visible.
Hanaa Tameez
07/27/2022
How one Mexican magazine adopted inclusive language in Spanish
Gina Jaramillo, editorial director of Chilango, explains how they came up with non-discriminatory language for the magazine and how it can become a tool to make diversity visible.
- Author: Hanaa Tameez
- Date: 07/27/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: NiemanLab
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Diversity & Inclusion
- Language: English
Beyond the ‘Democracy Desk’: Why U.S. newsrooms need to become explicitly pro-democracyRecommended on the NPA Slack
American democracy is undergoing what is called democratic backsliding, the tendency for a democratic system to decay. Jay Rosen argues for a different kind of journalism, one that is explicity pro-democracy, in order to tackle the challenges in the new scenario.
Jay Rosen
07/22/2022
Beyond the ‘Democracy Desk’: Why U.S. newsrooms need to become explicitly pro-democracy Recommended on the NPA Slack
American democracy is undergoing what is called democratic backsliding, the tendency for a democratic system to decay. Jay Rosen argues for a different kind of journalism, one that is explicity pro-democracy, in order to tackle the challenges in the new scenario.
- Author: Jay Rosen
- Date: 07/22/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Center for Cooperative Media
- Scale: National
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: English
Computer Scientists Can’t Treat Social and Ethical Impacts as an AfterthoughtRecommended on the NPA Slack
The article describes the main points of a new National Academies of Science report. The report argues that computer scientists must start research projects with ethical review, working with stakeholders and experts from other fields. The goal is to mitigate eventual problems stemming from their inventions.
Edmund L. Andrews
07/21/2022
Computer Scientists Can’t Treat Social and Ethical Impacts as an Afterthought Recommended on the NPA Slack
The article describes the main points of a new National Academies of Science report. The report argues that computer scientists must start research projects with ethical review, working with stakeholders and experts from other fields. The goal is to mitigate eventual problems stemming from their inventions.
- Author: Edmund L. Andrews
- Date: 07/21/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Technology
- Language: English
How the editor of the Chicago Sun-Times decided to publish a photo of victims of the Highland Park shooting
Kelly McBride, described in her Poynter bio as "one of the country’s leading voices on media ethics and democracy," describes how she worked with Jennifer Kho, the Chicago Sun-Times' new executive editor, to decide whether to publish graphic images from the Highland Park 4th of July parade shooting.
Kelly McBride
07/14/2022
How the editor of the Chicago Sun-Times decided to publish a photo of victims of the Highland Park shooting
Kelly McBride, described in her Poynter bio as "one of the country’s leading voices on media ethics and democracy," describes how she worked with Jennifer Kho, the Chicago Sun-Times' new executive editor, to decide whether to publish graphic images from the Highland Park 4th of July parade shooting.
- Author: Kelly McBride
- Date: 07/14/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Poynter
- Scale: Local
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Case study
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: English
Facebook Gets a Facelift
Land of the Giants is a podcast from Recode, The Verge, and the Vox Media Podcast Network that looks at how tech titans like Amazon, Google, and Netflix became the behemoths they are today and how they've transformed our lives — for better or worse.
The latest season is about Meta, and the episode "Facebook Gets a Facelift" in particular has a more product-y focus, being dedicated to implementation of Facebook's News Feed and the tension between business objectives and user preferences.
Shirin Ghaffary and Alex Heath
07/13/2022
Facebook Gets a Facelift
Land of the Giants is a podcast from Recode, The Verge, and the Vox Media Podcast Network that looks at how tech titans like Amazon, Google, and Netflix became the behemoths they are today and how they've transformed our lives — for better or worse.
The latest season is about Meta, and the episode "Facebook Gets a Facelift" in particular has a more product-y focus, being dedicated to implementation of Facebook's News Feed and the tension between business objectives and user preferences.
- Author: Shirin Ghaffary and Alex Heath
- Date: 07/13/2022
- Reading time: From 21 to 40 minutes
- Source: Vox
- Scale: Global
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Podcast
- Theme: Technology
- Language: English
Sincerely, Leaders of Color: Smart leaders put empathy and equity at the forefront of work
ONA's Executive Director Iriving Washington proposes new frameworks for leaders to help them develop a more equitable mindset that shares power and accountability.
Irving Washington
05/13/2022
Sincerely, Leaders of Color: Smart leaders put empathy and equity at the forefront of work
ONA's Executive Director Iriving Washington proposes new frameworks for leaders to help them develop a more equitable mindset that shares power and accountability.
- Author: Irving Washington
- Date: 05/13/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Sincerely, Leaders of Color at Source
- Scale: Global
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Leadership & People Management
- Language: English
20 Things I've Learned as a Systems (Over) ThinkerRecommended on the NPA Slack
The product professional John Cutler lists 20 aspects that should be followed by people who work with systems.
John Cutler
04/30/2022
20 Things I've Learned as a Systems (Over) Thinker Recommended on the NPA Slack
The product professional John Cutler lists 20 aspects that should be followed by people who work with systems.
- Author: John Cutler
- Date: 04/30/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: The Beautiful Mess Substack
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Newsletter edition
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
A website resettling Ukrainian refugees got adoring headlines. Experts say it was too good to be true.
A detailed story of how quickly the website UkraineTakeShelter was created, and the problems they faced after its very quick launching. UkraineTakeShelter wanted to help Ukrainian refugees around the world, but its malfunctions generated more than one headache.
Jody Serrano
03/26/2022
A website resettling Ukrainian refugees got adoring headlines. Experts say it was too good to be true.
A detailed story of how quickly the website UkraineTakeShelter was created, and the problems they faced after its very quick launching. UkraineTakeShelter wanted to help Ukrainian refugees around the world, but its malfunctions generated more than one headache.
- Author: Jody Serrano
- Date: 03/26/2022
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: Gizmodo
- Scale: Global
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Case study
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: English
Sincerely, Leaders of Color: U.S.-focused Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategies Don’t Scale Globally
The author analyzes that strategies focused on Diversity and Inclusion applied in the US may not work in the same way in other countries. Feli Carrique argues that media leaders should keep DEI strategies as priority, but should not forget the local context where they're being applied.
Feli Carrique
02/02/2022
Sincerely, Leaders of Color: U.S.-focused Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategies Don’t Scale Globally
The author analyzes that strategies focused on Diversity and Inclusion applied in the US may not work in the same way in other countries. Feli Carrique argues that media leaders should keep DEI strategies as priority, but should not forget the local context where they're being applied.
- Author: Feli Carrique
- Date: 02/02/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Open News
- Scale: Local
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Diversity & Inclusion
- Language: English
When staff appeals for change, be responsive
Leaders have the ability — and responsibility — to right past wrongs and to ensure that they are creating a workplace that is inclusive of people from all backgrounds. This is a must-read guide for leaders on how to effectively and compassionately respond to organization-wide calls for action around diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives to build a supportive workplace.
Emma Carew Grovum
01/04/2022
When staff appeals for change, be responsive
Leaders have the ability — and responsibility — to right past wrongs and to ensure that they are creating a workplace that is inclusive of people from all backgrounds. This is a must-read guide for leaders on how to effectively and compassionately respond to organization-wide calls for action around diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives to build a supportive workplace.
- Author: Emma Carew Grovum
- Date: 01/04/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Editor & Publisher
- Scale: Global
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Diversity & Inclusion
- Language: English
Dysfunctional systems: Why are we designing for addiction?
We want users to build habits with our products — but what happens when that habit becomes an addiction? In this piece, the author makes the case for driving value, not just use, with product, and for creating healthier products for users along the way.
John Voss
11/08/2021
Dysfunctional systems: Why are we designing for addiction?
We want users to build habits with our products — but what happens when that habit becomes an addiction? In this piece, the author makes the case for driving value, not just use, with product, and for creating healthier products for users along the way.
- Author: John Voss
- Date: 11/08/2021
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: Medium
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Technology
- Language: English
Diversity in design: Inclusion alone won’t fix a broken systemRecommended on the NPA Slack
This article delves into the Eurocentrism of modern design principles, and questions their validity through investigating the historical underpinnings of standards of beauty and aesthetic from ancient Greece to colonialism.
Ida Persson
10/21/2021
Diversity in design: Inclusion alone won’t fix a broken system Recommended on the NPA Slack
This article delves into the Eurocentrism of modern design principles, and questions their validity through investigating the historical underpinnings of standards of beauty and aesthetic from ancient Greece to colonialism.
- Author: Ida Persson
- Date: 10/21/2021
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: UX Collective
- Scale: Global
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Product Design
- Language: English
Speaker Rider for Meaningfully Inclusive Events
This speaker rider gathers 10 criteria to make an event equitable and inclusive. They are meant to be shared with the speaker, and informs event organizers about necessary steps they should take to build meaningfully inclusive events.
01/27/2021
Speaker Rider for Meaningfully Inclusive Events
This speaker rider gathers 10 criteria to make an event equitable and inclusive. They are meant to be shared with the speaker, and informs event organizers about necessary steps they should take to build meaningfully inclusive events.
- Date: 01/27/2021
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: OpenNews
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Diversity & Inclusion
- Language: English
How to keep your sanity as you dismantle the status quo in newsroomsRecommended on the NPA Slack
If you’re working to break down newsroom silos and create a more collaborative, innovative culture in your newsroom, here are some tips/lessons from NPA co-founder, Becca Aaronson, to help you keep your sanity as a product manager. The lessons: own your priorities; learn to say no; get comfortable with ambiguity; remember to focus on what’s good.
Becca Aaronson
08/20/2019
How to keep your sanity as you dismantle the status quo in newsrooms Recommended on the NPA Slack
If you’re working to break down newsroom silos and create a more collaborative, innovative culture in your newsroom, here are some tips/lessons from NPA co-founder, Becca Aaronson, to help you keep your sanity as a product manager. The lessons: own your priorities; learn to say no; get comfortable with ambiguity; remember to focus on what’s good.
- Author: Becca Aaronson
- Date: 08/20/2019
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Poynter
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Leadership & People Management
- Language: English
Media exposure to mass violence events can fuel a cycle of distressRecommended on the NPA Slack
This academic paper describes how the exposure to mass violence events through media can make audience members enter in a field of distress. This was tested through a 3-year longitudinal study following the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings and the 2016 Orlando Pulse nightclub massacre using a national U.S. sample.
Rebecca R. Thompson, Nickolas M. Jones, E. Alison Holman, Roxane Cohen Silver
04/17/2019
Media exposure to mass violence events can fuel a cycle of distress Recommended on the NPA Slack
This academic paper describes how the exposure to mass violence events through media can make audience members enter in a field of distress. This was tested through a 3-year longitudinal study following the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings and the 2016 Orlando Pulse nightclub massacre using a national U.S. sample.
- Author: Rebecca R. Thompson, Nickolas M. Jones, E. Alison Holman, Roxane Cohen Silver
- Date: 04/17/2019
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: PubMed.Gov
- Scale: National
- Level of complexity: Advanced
- Type: Case study
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: English
The Onboard-a-Buddy
The Design Team is a comic from Pablo Stanley. It stars Petunia as main character: she's a designer and intern at a start-up. Every comic is about the challenges she's facing trying to find her place in a new city and work environment. This is the first comic in the series.
Pablo Stanley
08/17/2016
The Onboard-a-Buddy
The Design Team is a comic from Pablo Stanley. It stars Petunia as main character: she's a designer and intern at a start-up. Every comic is about the challenges she's facing trying to find her place in a new city and work environment. This is the first comic in the series.
- Author: Pablo Stanley
- Date: 08/17/2016
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: The Design Team
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Comic
- Theme: Diversity & Inclusion
- Language: English