Corus addresses systemic racism with organizational review

TORONTO — Corus Entertainment today provided further information on its diversity and inclusion review launched in response to calls from Black journalists and other journalists of colour to address issues of systemic racism within the organization and its Global News division in particular. In June, the Canadian Association of Black Journalists published an open letter to Corus Entertainment president and CEO Doug Murphy in which the association called on Corus to introduce a policy requiring interviews for newsroom, managerial and leadership roles include Black, Indigenous and people of colour (BIPOC) candidates, as well as regular collection and public release of demographic...