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

interview Unravelling the quadruple bind faced by women of colour in news and journalism

Unravelling the quadruple bind faced by women of colour in news and journalism

18 January, 2023

In an interview with Fiona Tatton for Womanthology, Luba Kassova reflects on her career, work with news organisations, the findings of her latest Missing Perspectives report From Outrage to Opportunity, and the importance of amplifying the voices of women of colour.


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video How to produce more gender-equitable coverage

How to produce more gender-equitable coverage

09 December, 2022

Watch this webinar, organised by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), centred around the findings of From Outrage to Opportunity. Presented by Luba Kassova, it examines the importance of gender/racial diversity and inclusion in news reporting for producing more equitable news coverage.


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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

07 December, 2022

In this seminar, organised by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism and moderated by Mitali Mukherjee (Director of Journalist Programmes), Luba Kassova and Richard Addy take the audience of journalists through key insights from the ground-breaking From Outrage to Opportunity report. The discussion focuses on how to include the missing perspectives of women of all colours along the whole news value chain and how doing this can revitalise the news industry.


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podcast Luba Kassova on the missing perspectives of women in news

Luba Kassova on the missing perspectives of women in news

02 December, 2022

Faraz Osman from The Media Podcast in the UK interviews Luba about the key findings from the latest report in the Missing Perspectives series, From Outrage to Opportunity.


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interview "Culture of exclusion" keeps women of colour from top media jobs, report reveals.

"Culture of exclusion" keeps women of colour from top media jobs, report reveals.

30 November, 2022

This article, written by Lizzy Davies for the Guardian, focuses on the findings about women of colour in From Outrage to Opportunity and features an interview with the author Luba Kassova.


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interview The media loses billions of euros through marginalizing women

The media loses billions of euros through marginalizing women

30 November, 2022

This article, written by Alejandra Agudo for El Pais, is dedicated to the findings of From Outrage to Opportunity and features an interview with the author Luba Kassova.


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interview A chat with the authors of From Outrage to Opportunity

A chat with the authors of From Outrage to Opportunity

30 November, 2022

Massi Colonna and Jeremy Doran from Internews – the launch partner for From Outrage to Opportunity - sit down with the author Luba Kassova and quantitative research lead Richard Addy to hear more about their experience of researching the issues contained in the report and the process that led to its writing.


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video From Outrage to Opportunity: launch event

From Outrage to Opportunity: launch event

29 November, 2022

Watch the inaugural launch event of From Outrage to Opportunity, supported by Internews as a launch partner and moderated by Internews President and CEO Jeanne Bourgault. The launch features lead author Luba Kassova and quantitative research lead Richard Addy, alongside five distinguished panellists: Miguel Castro (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation), Shereen Bhan (Managing Editor of CNBC-TV18); Amanda Barrett (President and Head of News Audience at the Associated Press), Qaanitah Hunter (Assistant Editor at News 24); and Jane Barrett (Global Editor for Media News Strategy at Reuters).


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video Journalism and the Climate Crisis eSummit. Overcoming obstacles: How to keep climate change on the front page and audiences interested in the climate change story

Journalism and the Climate Crisis eSummit. Overcoming obstacles: How to keep climate change on the front page and audiences interested in the climate change story

02 March, 2022

In this session which was part of the Journalism and the Climate Crisis eSummit organised by WAN-IFRA | The World Editors Forum, Luba Kassova, Richard Addy from AKAS, Meera Selva from RISJ and Jane Barrett from Thomson Reuters discuss how news organisations could bring the climate change story, currently on the periphery of news, to the front page and how they can engage their news audiences with the story. Luba and Richard present four gaps between what audiences may want from the story and what news coverage provides. They also focus on three key biases that work against us when it comes to tackling the climate crisis.


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podcast A Chat with Luba Kassova about Missing Perspectives of Women in News

A Chat with Luba Kassova about Missing Perspectives of Women in News

12 February, 2022

After coming across The Missing Perspectives of Women in News and in COVID-19 News reports, Phoebe Saintilan decided to launch the Missing Perspectives global platform whose mission is to drive social impact through challenging the underrepresentation of young women in news worldwide. In this podcast Phoebe and Hannah Diviney, Editor-in-Chief of the Missing Perspectives news platform, sat down with Luba Kassova to talk about the landmark reports. From women's underrepresentation as protagonists and experts in the news; their frequently skewed portrayal as disempowered; to women's marginalised voices in stories about violence against them, Luba, Phoebe and Hannah cover numerous aspects of the problem, as well as many solutions available to newsmakers who want to produce more gender equitable news coverage.


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