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diveRsity PROgRaMs
Several diversity programs have emerged across the country over the past four decades to help support training for media professionals and content makers of color.
Many of these programs have made a significant impact
on the landscape and have resulted in the professional advancement of key people within industry networks
and corporate ranks. There are significantly more Black corporate executives and producers today than there were even 20 years ago.
Media Diversity Programs
PProgram Organization Year Started Active
Third World Newsreel 1967 Yes (Org Founded)
NET Television Training School (Prior to becoming WNET) 1968 No
National Association of MultiEthnics in Communication (formerly Nat’l Assoc. Of MINORITIES in Cable)
1980 Yes
Film Independent Diversity Program 1981 Yes (Org Founded)
Spike Lee’s Unofficial Training Program (With release of the book She’s Gotta Have It as required reading and PAing as on the job training)
1986 --------
Emma L. Bowen Foundation for Minorities in Media 1989 Yes
Sundance Institute Native American and Indigenous Film Program 1994 Yes
National Association of Independent Latino Producers 2002 Yes
NBC/Universal Writers on the Verge Diversity Program 2005 Yes
Firelight Media 2012 Yes
New Orleans Film Society Diverse Voices Program 2014 Yes
CPB/PBS Public Media Executive Leadership Program 2014-2017 No
Center for Asian American Media 1980 Yes
Latino Public Broadcasting 1998 Yes
Pacific Islanders in Communication 1991 Yes
Vision Maker Media 1976 Yes
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