How is #COVID19 transforming news organisations?

This is the question at the heart of ‘Changing newsrooms 2020’, a report authored by @fedecherubini @nicnewman & @rasmus_kleis and based on a survey of 136 executives

Read here
https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/changing-newsrooms-2020-addressing-diversity-and-nurturing-talent-time-unprecedented-change
Key findings in thread

2. The pandemic has made many newsrooms embrace remote working. How did it go?

55% of the executives surveyed say remote working made them more efficient
34% say it made them more creative
Only 10% say it made it easier to build and maintain relationships

3. Despite these challenges, most of the executives surveyed don't want remote working to go away entirely after #COVID19 is over

Up to 75% want to go back to the office less often
48% of the people in our sample say their companies are planning to reduce office space

4. Most of the executives in our sample say their organisations are doing a good job regarding gender diversity.

However, only 40-45% say they are equally successful in terms of political and ethnic diversity, and including people from less advantaged background

5. What do newsrooms do to increase diversity?

Most of our respondents say that their outlet collects diversity data about staff (64%) and leadership (54%)
46% say they have someone formally in charge of diversity
However, only 36% have a budget to promote it

6. What will be the biggest diversity priority for our respondents in the year ahead?

Ethnic diversity will be the biggest priority for most of them

More details here: https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/changing-newsrooms-2020-addressing-diversity-and-nurturing-talent-time-unprecedented-change#sub3

7. How do our respondents think their organisations are doing diversity-wise at different levels?

Look at the figures in this chart:

-84% say they are doing a good job at junior level
-59% say that at mid level
-Only 37% say that at senior level

8. Attracting talent is still a challenge for many of the executives in our survey

Less than a quarter of our respondents say they are confident about recruiting and keeping product (23%), data (21%), and technical (18%) talent

9. You can find many other insights in the report, whose lead author is our Head of Leadership Development @fedecherubini

Read the report here
https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/changing-newsrooms-2020-addressing-diversity-and-nurturing-talent-time-unprecedented-change

More on the methodology here
https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/changing-newsrooms-2020-addressing-diversity-and-nurturing-talent-time-unprecedented-change#sub5

Download a PDF version
https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2020-10/Cherubini_et_al_Changing_Newsrooms_2020_FINAL.pdf