Why the games media has a diversity problem - this website especially
A note from the editor: recently on Twitter, a number of games websites were called out for their poor representation of female writers, and to our great shame Eurogamer had the worst ratio of the lot. We've been thinking hard since about how we got into this deplorable position and how we can improve the diversity of voices on the site and provide better representation - not just for women, but for other underrepresented groups as well. In a similar analysis based on race, for example, we would come off even worse.
Keza MacDonald - games editor at the Guardian and a former Eurogamer contributor - kindly offered her advice, and after we met to talk about the issue, I asked her if she would be happy to set her thoughts about it down in an article for Eurogamer. She agreed.
We do this not to try to put this issue to bed, but to keep it open, even if it doesn't reflect well on us. This isn't the end of the conversation, or of our efforts to reflect a broader and more inclusive gaming community. It's the start. - Oli Welsh
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