The AMA Recap: DEI

Written by BAM Team | February 2, 2021 at 9:12 PM

Here's what we covered.

On January 28, Fritzie Andrade from INSIDER, Emma Hinchliffe from Fortune, Sissi Cao from Observer, and Steven Aquino of Forbes answered all of your questions about diversity, equity, and inclusion. These four top reporters and contributors for business publications answered questions for 60 minutes straight, so make sure you check out the recording below. Thank you to everyone for their questions and participation!

Let's go live.

Here are some of the top AMA tweets and words of advice from our panelists. If you want the full scoop, check out the recording of the webinar above.

Fritzie Andrade of INSIDER

From our #askmediaanything webinar, "Make sure you actually have a story framed in your pitch of some kind. The company founder is a woman who created tech for XYZ." - @JournalistFritz from @thisisinsider
— BAM (@BAMtheagency) January 28, 2021

From our #askmediaanything webinar, "Representation that you can see has an extra impact." - @JournalistFritz from @thisisinsider
— BAM (@BAMtheagency) January 28, 2021

Emma Hinchliffe from Fortune

From our #askmediaanything webinar, "We always want to know who someone is and where they are coming from in any story we write." - @_emmahinchliffe from @FortuneMagazine
— BAM (@BAMtheagency) January 28, 2021

From our #askmediaanything webinar, "I get a lot of, “Hey this person is a woman and you cover women.” That’s not enough for the story." - @_emmahinchliffe from @FortuneMagazine
— BAM (@BAMtheagency) January 28, 2021

Sissi Cao from Observer

From our #askmediaanything webinar, "I have no problem with pitches that have a gender or racial note upfront, but I need to understand the meat of the story as well, which I don’t see as often." - @sissicao from @observer
— BAM (@BAMtheagency) January 28, 2021

From our #askmediaanything webinar, "We made an effort last year to make sure we had at least one non-white speaker on panels, more representation in our year-end lists. It’s a good start, but we aren’t quite there yet." - @sissicao from @observer
— BAM (@BAMtheagency) January 28, 2021

Steven Aquino of Forbes

From our #askmediaanything webinar, "In the time that I’ve had my Forbes column, I’ve seen real strides made by technology companies not only in their hardware and software, but also in their hiring practices" - @steven_aquino from @Forbes
— BAM (@BAMtheagency) January 28, 2021

From our #askmediaanything webinar, "When Apple releases a new phone, most reporters cover the tech in the same way. I’m coming at it from a unique angle." - @steven_aquino from @Forbes
— BAM (@BAMtheagency) January 28, 2021

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