Media diversity or simply pluralism?

This is an article by student Farah Hesdin following a talk given by Samantha Asumadu at the Polis Summer School Media Diversified, founded by Samantha Asumadu, is a media initiative launched in 2013 to tackle ‘the lack of diversity in UK media and the ubiquity of whiteness.’ MD ‘seeks to cultivate and promote skilled writers of colour by providing advice and contacts and by promoting content online through its own platform. […] [T]he initiative is already diversifying the UK’s media landscape, providing important, challenging and new content which contributes to global as well as domestic discussion on issues of social justice and equality.’