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Inclusive Journalism with Sanne Breimer
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Rashi Mishra
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Journalist and Media Critic
Hello and welcome to the special lecture by Sanne Breimer on "Inclusive Journalism" at Asian College of Journalism, Chennai.
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Breimer opens up the lecture with rhetorics on gender, social class, race, religion and the political spectrum.
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She questions the members of the audience  on what do they identify with respect to class, religion, race & gender based on their backgrounds as well as their political opinions.
"Often we as journalists, tend to put ourselves outside of the world, from a neutral perspective", says Breimer.
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She furthers that media shapes our perspectives and that is something that one must be aware of with respect to inclusion in journalism.
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She cites the example of Fair & Lovely as a brand in India after questions were raised in the aftermath of the BLM protests.
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She iterates that when systemic racism takes the pedestal, media diversity across the world takes precedence.
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She emphasises that the changes in the aftermath of such social movements only happen in a surface level. One must go to the roots of it through self-reflection and decolonisation as journalists.
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On her experience in a multicultural urban media conglomerate, Breimer elaborates that the conversations that she has on diversity and inclusion has broadened as compared to older generation of white people in Netherlands.
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"Going to third world countries as privileged white dominant frameworks, reporting in a context we don't understand is a form of parachute journalism which shapes the narrative of these countries we cover", adds Breimer.
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Media shapes our perspectives which is important to remember with respect to inclusion in journalism. Do you agree
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She proceeds on to say that colonialism comes by  silencing of other narratives. She wishes to do now is to highlight that which has been silenced this whole time.
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She emphasises that the colonial approach to media is connected with inclusive journalism. She furthers that postionality, relationality and transition play vital roles in structuring this approach.
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"There exist some "cracks" in the system we live in that we may use to plant seeds of initiatives", quotes Breimer.
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Sannie Breimer on empathy in journalism
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She gives the examples of Khabar Lahariya and the PARI Networks as how journalism can be done the right way to be made inclusive.
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While citing an article that she wrote titled "Six Characteristics of Inclusive Journalism", she states  that developing a long term strategy is the foremost step.
This is followed by become self-aware of one's position in society as well as creating community-engagement.
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She leads on that the next in the process of enlightening rather than informing to keep one's audience aware.
Finally, it is improving on a holistic approach where understanding the fact that everything is connected.
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"I'm doing my work are you doing yours", she quotes Audre Lorde on Decoloniality.
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She answers the question on how one must balance the process of enlightening rather than informing, Breimer suggests that our role as journalists transcends the position of mere public servants.
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She adds that the onus of the collective responsibility lies on society as a whole to restructure societal mishaps from the root level.
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On the question of what tools one must use as a journalist to break a colonial mindset, Breimer takes the example of how a Dutch publication makes it pertinent to unlearn a colonial language in their publication for one.
She furthers that in India, different publications are moving away from just English as a language and moving towards regional languages which has been made possible with the advent of technology.
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"If we talk about decoloniality, it doesn't change overnight. One must position oneself in an uncomfortable position and confront certain prejudices, biases and opinions in society", she concludes.
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That's all for today. Thank you for being with us.
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