Newsroom representation is the staffing strategy that we use in each Global Press bureau to ensure our reporters have diverse identities that mirror those of the people in their local community. 100% of our reporters are women and represent the communities they cover. We believe representative newsrooms are better able to prioritize accuracy and accountability to their local readers, so when recruiting we consider race, tribe, caste, generation, education, socioeconomic status and more. We intentionally seek people who face barriers to entry into journalism, including those in rural communities who lack Internet access, those in the LGBTQ+ community, or those with disabilities. Once we ascertain who we are looking for — those people who are historically absent from newsrooms in the community — we fill our bureau with people like them. They, in turn, fill their stories with people like them.