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Making Them Lose Their Minds: Lori Lightfoot Will Only Grant Interviews To Journalists Of Color
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19:38Now PlayingChicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is heavily criticized for refusing to do one-on-one interviews with journalists who are not people of color.
She took to Twitter to defend her decision:
"I ran to break up the status quo that was failing so many. That isn't just in City Hall.
It's a shame that in 2021, the City Hall press corps is overwhelmingly White in a city where more than half of the city identifies as Black, Latino, AAPI or Native American.
Diversity and inclusion is imperative across all institutions, including media. In order to progress we must change.
This is exactly why I'm being intentional about prioritizing media requests from POC reporters on the occasion of the two-year anniversary of my inauguration as mayor of this great city.
This is an imbalance that needs to change. Chicago is a world-class city. Our local media should reflect the multiple cultures that comprise it.
We must be intentional about doing better. I believed that when running for office. I stand on this belief now. It's time for the newsrooms to do better and build teams that reflect the make-up of our city.
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