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Appearances at events, on TV and in online interviews, podcasts & series.

video Who has more power to stop social bias

Who has more power to stop social bias

26 March, 2024

Watch this video which Luba recorded for The Economist Educational Foundation's Topical Talk Festival, targeting 10 to 16 year olds, and dedicated to the biggest issues of our time. Here she highlights key social biases that act as barriers against women's engagement with and fair representation in the news.


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podcast Gender equity in the newsroom, with Luba Kassova

Gender equity in the newsroom, with Luba Kassova

26 February, 2024

Listen to the podcast where Jacob Granger from journalism/co.uk and Luba Kassova discuss how news organisations can improve the reporting of women in the news and more generally how women are treated in journalism, before those pushing for better standards get burnt out and decide to leave.


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article Beyond 50:50: Tackling gender stereotypes and changing culture

Beyond 50:50: Tackling gender stereotypes and changing culture

18 August, 2023

Read Luba's interview with Lara Joannides, Project Manager & Senior Journalist, BBC News. They discuss some of the news industry’s blind spots including women’s stereotypical portrayal in the news and the existing intersectional invisibility of women of colour in news. The insights from the award-winning solution-based From Outrage to Opportunity served as launchpad for the discussion which took place during a webinar facilitated by the Global Media Partnerships' team at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The article was published by the World Association of News Publishers.
 


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article Gender in newsrooms: Why representation doesn’t equate to inclusion

Gender in newsrooms: Why representation doesn’t equate to inclusion

04 August, 2023

Read Luba Kassova's conversation with Qaanitah Hunter, Assistant Editor, Politics and Opinions at News24, South Africa, about the idiosyncrasies of South Africa’s news landscape when it comes to gender equity and the important delineation we must make between inclusion and diversity. Equal representation does not lead automatically to inclusion. The conversation took place in a webinar facilitated by The Global Media Partnerships' team at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and was published by the World Association of News Publishers.


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podcast Behind the Headlines, the missing narratives of women journalists

Behind the Headlines, the missing narratives of women journalists

11 July, 2023

Catch the first episode of WempowerUK's new podcast series on Spotify and Youtube  where Ilaria Biancacci interviews Luba Kassova. They talk about gender equity, inclusion and diversity in news and newsrooms anchored in evidence from Luba's latest report "FROM OUTRAGE TO OPPORTUNITY". Ilaria and Luba investigate the connection between journalism, statistics and the lack of diversity in the news industry.


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video "No news topic is irrelevant to audiences. There are topics which are covered in an irrelevant way."

"No news topic is irrelevant to audiences. There are topics which are covered in an irrelevant way."

11 July, 2023

In this interview a journalist from Dir.bg - the most influential online news provider in Bulgaria - interviewed Luba Kassova about the reasons behind audiences' declining engagement with news and how news genres should be covered to attract wider audiences. 
 


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video Dir.bg 25 online news conference keynote speech

Dir.bg 25 online news conference keynote speech

11 July, 2023

Dir.bg - the most influential online news provider in Bulgaria - invited Luba Kassova to deliver a keynote speech at their inaugural digital news conference in Sofia. She reflected on why Bulgarians, as well as global audiences, are turning away from the news and what news providers can do to revitalise journalism.


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audio Люба Късова: Журналистите възпроизвеждат един мъжки свят

Люба Късова: Журналистите възпроизвеждат един мъжки свят

20 June, 2023

In this radio interview, Iva Doychinova - a prominent radio journalist and presenter in Bulgaria - interviews Luba Kassova about the key findings in her multi-award-winning Missing Perspectives reports, with a particular focus on how marginalised women have been in the news for decades and how to amplify their voices to disrupt the men's world that the news reflects.


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audio ‘Culturally, women’s voices are missing in the entire news value chain’

‘Culturally, women’s voices are missing in the entire news value chain’

20 June, 2023

Luba Kassova and Richard Addy spoke to All Indians Matter about how the Indian media can address the extraordinary gender imbalance in Indian news along the whole news value chain anchoring the evidence and recommendations on the third report in the Missing Perspectives of Women in News series: From Outrage to Opportunity, which examines the status quo in India, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, The UK and the US.


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video How including the missing perspectives of women of all colours in news can revitalise the news industry

How including the missing perspectives of women of all colours in news can revitalise the news industry

20 June, 2023

Luba Kassova ran a session at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia about how including the missing perspectives of women of all colours in news can revitalise the news industry. She brought together senior editors from prominent outlets in the US, UK and Kenya, as well as the lead researcher for From Outrage to Opportunity Richard Addy, to share their valuable perspectives for how to make journalism more inclusive and equitable.


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