Speaking Events & Media
Appearances at events, on TV and in online interviews, podcasts & series.
Beyond 50:50: Tackling gender stereotypes and changing culture
18 August, 2023
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.
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.
"No news topic is irrelevant to audiences. There are topics which are covered in an irrelevant way."
11 July, 2023
Dir.bg 25 online news conference keynote speech
11 July, 2023
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.
‘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.
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.
The state of gender journalism around the world: challenges, approaches and opportunities
20 June, 2023
Megan Clement ran a session at the International Journalism Festival about the state of gender journalism around the world: the challenges, approaches and opportunities. Luba Kassova participated as a panelist focusing on highlighting the recent global resistance to gender equality, the extraordinary challenges that women of colour face in journalism and how journalists should make the business case for covering more gender-centric stories.
Designing for Diversity: Session 4 – The Media
27 March, 2023
The news media has an important role to play in bridging division to create much needed unity in the world. How newsmakers frame the news and whose stories they tell, is critical for who is heard and who is left out from the news. To facilitate intercultural exchange the news has to give voice to different groups equitably. But does it? To ponder these questions the Aspen Institute UK brought together distinguished thinkers: Marcus Ryder MBE, Meera Selva and Andrea Medrado. Luba moderated the discussion.
