Diversity in Decision Making

The goal of the Media Diversity Initiative (MDI) is twofold: to increase the numbers of racially and ethnically diverse managers and supervisors in the nation's broadcast newsrooms and to help news organizations do a better job in covering the diverse communities they are committed to serve.

The MDI is a service of Chriesman & Associates that seeks to address this issue in the following ways.

Listing Service
The MDI Listing Service is a database where interested broadcast journalists can submit their names free of charge to a website.  Stations and companies which are clients may then have access to those candidates to consider for open positions in their newsrooms.  This service is available to anyone who wishes to post a listing but it is aimed primarily at management and supervisory employees (for example: producers, assignment editors, executive producers, managing editors) or those seeking to become a manager.

Industry leaders such as Hearst-Argyle Television are among our clients.

If you are interested in listing yourself on the service, click here .

If you are interested in becoming a client and having access to this valuable resource, click here.

Consulting Services
Diversity is not only about who works on staff, but what viewers see on your newscast.  That’s why, in addition to our Listing Service, we offer a wide range of newsroom diversity consulting services.  They include newscast content analysis and workshops for your staff.

For more information on theses services, click here.

MDI Academy
The MDI Academy works to improve retention rates and encourage professional growth for minority news managers through establishing workshops and programs that stress continuing education and career development.

For more on the MDI Academy, click here.