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Journalism Organizations and Style Guides

RACE/ETHNICITY

Asian American Journalists Association and its Handbook to Covering Asian America
https://www.aaja.org/
https://www.aaja.org/aajahandbook

Color of Change/Family Story, Changing the Narrative of Black Families
https://colorofchange.org/narrativepower/

National Association of Black Journalists and the NABJ Style Guide
https://www.nabj.org
https://www.nabj.org/page/styleguide

National Association of Hispanic Journalists
https://nahj.org/

Native American Journalists Association
https://najanewsroom.com/

Tribal Nations Media Guide
https://najanewsroom.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2020-NAJA-Tribal-Nations-Media-Guide-1.pdf

Reporting and Indigenous Terminology Guide
https://najanewsroom.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/NAJA_Reporting_and_Indigenous_Terminology_Guide.pdf

Michigan State University School of Journalism cultural competence series
https://news.jrn.msu.edu/culturalcompetence/:

GENDER/SEXUALITY

Gender Spectrum
https://www.genderspectrum.org/

GLAAD and the GLAAD Media Reference Guide, 10th Edition
https://www.glaad.org/reference

NLGJA, The Association of LGBTQ Journalists, and the NLGJA Stylebook Supplement on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Terminology
https://www.nlgja.org/
https://www.nlgja.org/stylebook/

Trans Journalists Association and its style guide
https://transjournalists.org/
https://transjournalists.org/style-guide/

DISABILITY/ABILITY

National Center on Disability and Journalism and the Disability Style Guide
https://ncdj.org
https://ncdj.org/style-guide/

MENTAL HEALTH/DRUGS AND ALCOHOL/SUICIDE

National Institute on Drug Abuse Media Guide
https://d14rmgtrwzf5a.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/mediaguide_web_3_0.pdf

TEAM Up (Tools for Entertainment and Media), a project of the Entertainment Industries Council, and the TEAM Up Reporting on Mental Health Style Guide
http://www.eiconline.org/teamup/wp-content/files/mental-health-reporting-style-guide.pdf

Recommendations for Reporting on Suicide
https://reportingonsuicide.org/

RELIGION

Religion Newswriters Association and its Religion Stylebook
https://www.rna.org/
https://religionstylebook.com/

OTHER
Conscious Style Guide
https://consciousstyleguide.com/

Institutions

Maynard Institute
Promotes diversity in the news media through improved coverage, hiring, business practices & training programs that equip journalists with leadership, multimedia skills and subject expertise for news organizations across platforms

Media Diversity Forum
Designed to serve inclusiveness by seeking resources, supporting research, stimulating dialogue, sponsoring programs and sharing techniques.

Media Diversity Institute
Works internationally to encourage and facilitate responsible media coverage of diversity

Race Forward
Advances racial justice through research, media and practice; publishes Colorlines, a daily news site about race matters

Tools

Editors of Color
A project of Conscious Style Guide, Editors of Color is a comprehensive resource to address the representational bias in publishing, communications, and the media. Its goal is to connect talented editors, proofreaders, and sensitivity readers with employers and recruiters seeking to diversify their teams and broaden their perspectives.

Tips for interviewing people with disabilities
National Center on Disability and Journalism

The Whole Story: Diversity Tips and Tools
Society of Professional Journalists

Rainbow Diversity Sourcebook
Society of Professional Journalists

Implicit Bias Test
https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/

Diverse Sources
Search this database of experts to include more underrepresented voices and perspectives in science, health and environment stories.
https://diversesources.org/

Source of the Week, NPR
A curated database of experts from racial and ethnic groups underrepresented in the media.
https://sources.npr.org/