Editors in deprived areas commit strongly to positive minority representation.

Evidence

The findings support recent research from Wahl-Jorgensen (2024) who reported that editors of local outlets based in deprived or marginalised areas demonstrated strong commitments to the fostering of positive representations of marginalised members of the local community and of community diversity. — Nadia Haq, ‘The National Media Just Sees Muslims…, 57

Categorization

• XREF: Replicates rather than contradicts the reader’s likely assumption that local press is simply a smaller version of national press; contradicts the standard ‘media marginalises Muslims’ narrative by locating a counter-tendency.
• SHARE: Worth sending to anyone working on local news sustainability — the finding that deprivation correlates with pro-diversity editorial commitment is counterintuitive.