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Diversity Committee Roster

On both chapter and national levels, SPJ provides an open forum for the discussion of diversity issues in journalism. This committee's purpose is to promote a broader voice in newsrooms across the country and expand the depth and quality of news reports through better sourcing. Its ongoing project is the compilation of experts — primarily women, gays and lesbians, people of color and people with disabilities — through the Society's Diversity Source Book. The Society's relevance to its member is based on inclusiveness.

Diversity Committee Chair

Meena Thiruvengadam
Global Head of Audience Engagement
Bloomberg
E-mail
@Meena_Thiru
Bio (click to expand) I’m currently the head of audience engagement for Bloomberg where I oversee social media strategy and audience development for Bloomberg, Bloomberg TV, BloombergBusinessweek and Bloomberg Live. I previously oversaw social media strategy and editorial audience development for Business Insider, Tech Insider and Insider.

Over the past decade, I’ve written about business, economics, personal finance, travel, crime and politics for publications including Yahoo Finance, The Wall Street Journal, USA TODAY, The Salt Lake Tribune, The Denver Post, San Antonio Express-News and the Houston Chronicle. I’ve appeared on local and national TV, been a guest on the radio and written extensively about journalism and social media for organizations including Poynter, the Freedom Forum, the Donald Reynolds Center for Business Journalism and mediabistro.