Don& #39;t panic: The @newsleaders annual diversity survey isn& #39;t ending. We are pausing on data collection this year to fully revise our approach. 1/? @aaja @NABJ @NAHJ @najournalists @nlgja @spj_tweets @ONA @womenjournos #mediadiversity

I& #39;m an academic researcher who has run the newsroom diversity survey for the last two years. My task was to "reinvigorate" it. That ... didn& #39;t go as well as one would hope. 2/? @aaja @NABJ @NAHJ @najournalists @nlgja @spj_tweets @ONA @womenjournos #mediadiversity

What I learned in the process, particularly after my first year, when news organizations responded at a record-low rate, was that the survey, for a number of reasons, doesn& #39;t work. 3/? @aaja @NABJ @NAHJ @najournalists @nlgja @spj_tweets @ONA @womenjournos #mediadiversity

There are a number of reasons for this: different news outlet models, mergers and acquisitions, layoffs, lack of continuity, and an inability to properly incentivize participation. 4/? @aaja @NABJ @NAHJ @najournalists @nlgja @spj_tweets @ONA @womenjournos #mediadiversity