Disrupting the Narrative: Unlocking Stories of Diversity in Tech
New America
Friday, July 29, 2016
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
https://www.newamerica.org/ca/events/disrupting-narrative-unlocking-stor...
Today, Black and Latino students earn about 18% of computer science bachelors degrees, but make up only about 5% of the tech workforce at the industry's leading companies. Media coverage has been a critical component in the effort to diversify tech, shining a spotlight on low numbers of minorities employed at tech companies and what companies are doing to address it. Join us as New America CA Fellow Laura Weidman Powers, co-founder and CEO of CODE2040, asks leading journalists in the field to talk about how they see their role, what they choose to cover, and the future of diversity in the tech industry.
Participants
Ellen Huet
Tech Reporter, Bloomberg
Jessica Guynn
Senior Tech Writer, USA Today
Laura Weidman- Powers
Co-founder & CEO, CODE2040
Megan Rose Dickey
Reporter, TechCrunch