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UK TV Diversity Monitoring Project To Introduce Questions On Jewish & Muslim Identity For First Time
UK TV diversity report Diamond will feature Jewish-Muslim questions for the first time as it unveils its 7th cut.
One of new Creative Diversity Network (CDN) CEO Miranda Wayland’s first moves in charge has been to announce an expansion of Diamond’s scope in a bid to create wider data sets and respond to global shifts. The next data set will also “highlight evidence showing whether freelancers and others from lower socio-economic backgrounds, with disabilities or from ethnic minority groups are disproportionately impacted by the current economic downturn in the industry,” added Wayland, coming off the back of James Graham’s MacTaggart, which focused on poor working class representation. In terms of representation of people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, off-screen and on-screen both increased a smidgeon to 13.4% and 23.5% respectively – the former behind national average and the latter remaining well ahead.
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