A study from City University London recently surveyed 700 news professionals in the UK and revealed that the British journalism industry is 94 per cent white and 55 per cent male.

So why is it important that the people who make the news reflect the audience they're trying to reach, and what can be done to ensure a balanced gender representation in the media?

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