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🌍 ABC Live Diversity Policy

Journalism That Reflects the Real India — Inclusive, Equal, and Independent

At ABC Live, we believe that true journalism must reflect the diversity of the society it serves. Our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is not just a hiring principle — it is core to our editorial voice, research partnerships, sourcing practices, and institutional culture.

We strive to ensure that all individuals — regardless of caste, gender, religion, region, language, age, disability, or economic background — have a voice in shaping and accessing the news.

�Our Diversity Goals

  1. Ensure Representation: Recruit and collaborate with individuals from historically underrepresented communities in journalism, law, policy, and science.

  2. Promote Inclusion: Foster a newsroom and research environment where diverse voices feel safe, heard, and respected.

  3. Avoid Stereotyping: Represent people and communities accurately, respectfully, and free from bias or caricature.

  4. Amplify Marginalized Perspectives: Give editorial space to communities affected by power imbalances, environmental injustice, and systemic exclusion.

  5. Track Progress: Regularly assess the composition of our team, story subjects, and expert sources to ensure ongoing diversity.

�Our Commitments in Practice

1. Inclusive Hiring

We seek to build a team that mirrors the intersectionality of India. This means:

  • Encouraging applicants from SC/ST, OBC, Dalit, Adivasi, and minority communities

  • Prioritizing regional and linguistic diversity in our newsroom

  • Creating flexible roles for women, caregivers, and people with disabilities

All roles at ABC Live are merit-based — but opportunity must begin with access.

2. Diverse Editorial Sourcing

Our sourcing policy ensures that:

  • Women and non-binary individuals are quoted and cited fairly

  • Grassroots voices, not just experts or officials, inform our field reports

  • We report in English and cite multilingual sources from state and district-level data

We ask every editor and researcher: Whose voice is missing from this story?

3. Accessibility and Inclusive Language

We design our content and site with accessibility in mind, including:

  • Clear fonts and visual hierarchy

  • Avoidance of jargon, casteist or ableist language

  • Captions and alt-text for multimedia when possible

  • Ongoing efforts to develop translations and easy-read versions for rural readers

4. Internal Culture and Editorial Equity

Within ABC Live:

  • Team members are trained on unconscious bias, inclusive storytelling, and ethical reporting

  • Our editorial meetings allow equal space for junior researchers, interns, and freelancers

  • We maintain zero tolerance for discrimination or harassment, in any form

🗣️ Editorial Responsibility in Diverse Storytelling

We recognize the power and responsibility of framing narratives. Therefore, we are mindful of:

  • Avoiding extractive reporting that objectifies vulnerable communities

  • Contextualizing identity — especially caste, gender, and religion — when relevant

  • Using community-preferred terms and respectful identifiers

“Diversity in the newsroom isn’t just about who tells the story — it’s also about whose story gets told.”

�� Partnerships for Equity

We actively partner with:

  • Community media platforms

  • Regional research organizations

  • Women-led and youth-led journalism groups

  • Think tanks and academic institutions across India’s heartland

These partnerships help us decentralize knowledge production and build an ecosystem beyond Delhi and metros.

📌 Review and Accountability

We regularly audit our diversity efforts in:

  • Staff hiring and retention

  • Editorial coverage and sourcing

  • Research collaborators and quoted experts

If you have a suggestion or concern about diversity at ABC Live, please write to us:
📧 diversity@abclive.in

✅ Final Word

Diversity at ABC Live is not a checkbox — it is our editorial lens.
It makes our stories sharper, our research deeper, and our journalism more just.

ABC Live: Where every voice counts, and every truth matters.

ABC Live Publishing Principles

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