A great morning on WCPN’s The Sound of Ideas today with Hack Cleveland folks Aliya Rahman, Nicole Thomas and Indigo Bishop, plus myself and Ryan Sibley from the Sunlight Foundation. Thank you, Mike McIntyre and David C. Barnett.
For your listening enjoyment:
Or you can watch us in the studio here (scroll toward the bottom of the page).
Although we know it was not by design, this show had five women talking tech, three of whom are based in Cleveland, and a fourth who has lived here and has many connections to the City. Three were women of color. Happenstance or not, we noticed and it was nice. From Aliya:
Can I also say that while not necessarily by design, all of the techies on the show are women, and mostly of color. #Fix216 @soundofideas
— Aliya Rahman (@AliyaRahman) June 2, 2015
Which almost NEVER happens unless it’s a discussion on diversity in tech. Thank you for your evolved reporting, @soundofideas ! #Fix216
— Aliya Rahman (@AliyaRahman) June 2, 2015
