Our partners and clients attest that our Fault Lines® culture-shift program has been invaluable in developing newsroom communication, audience engagement, and increased caliber of coverage.
Nurturing a positive and informed newsroom culture that examines the Fault Lines of implicit bias leads to more diverse and inclusive journalism and a better news product, connecting newsrooms and organizations with broader and more invested audiences. Diverse journalism has a greater impact on our varied communities, and invites audiences to participate fully in democracy.
Here’s what our clients had to say about the impact of our Fault Lines® training on newsroom culture, audience engagement, and news product:
Fault Lines has been invaluable in helping our newsroom have more honest and direct conversations on topics that can be fraught if people don’t share a common understanding and vernacular. The training has helped us to think with much more sophistication about the framing of our coverage, and how to communicate explicitly with our readers about issues around Fault Lines. Journalism conceived and executed with attention to Fault Lines is journalism that better connects with the community and empowers people to act.
I think it’d be great to include (Fault Lines®) in the editorial workflow — after the breaking news, we can zoom in on the different Fault Lines®. It will help us to be more thorough with the impacts of the breaking news/headlines and it will also ensure we always have angles in the work. I’m also thinking about implementing it in my community engagement/source engagement as well so that I can surface more ideas from individuals from different groups.
Dow Jones MarketWatch Employee
We have done a fair amount of DEI work, but lacked a common framework. (Fault Lines®) will give us a tool to better integrate that DEI work.
WBHM-FM Manager
As a new Gen Z employee, I will continue to ask questions to make sure there are no communication gaps between myself and coworkers of a different generation. I will also continue to clarify on my end my preferred communication styles (and why), as well as giving grace to others for theirs and not assuming the worst when the styles don’t align.
Graham Media Employee
This training was overall an amazing experience! I enjoyed connecting with the Maynard team as well as the other journalists in attendance. As a first-time editor and news leader, this was just what I needed to move forward confidently in my new position!
Detroit Regional Training Participant
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