Screen Diversity and Inclusion Network begins tracking screen industry diversity
As media organisations around the country begin implementing the diversity tracking application, The Everyone Project, Screen NSW is proud to stand alongside other members of the Screen Diversity and Inclusion Network (SDIN) in its commitment to increase diversity in the Australian screen industry using this powerful data collection tool.
The Everyone Project is an easy-to-use web app that invites people working on current screen projects to self-identify on a set of characteristics to help benchmark and track the diversity of talent and crews working in the screen sector.
Australia’s diversity is one of its great strengths—with rich multicultural, disability and LGBTQIA+ communities—so reflecting those communities and their stories on our screens is important. The Everyone Project will establish the diversity across Australia’s screen sector, both in front of and behind the cameras, and provide understanding of what a diverse workforce looks like to those driving productions in Australia.
SDIN is a network of broadcasters, screen funding agencies, business associations, guilds and industry-aligned education and training organisations who have committed to working together towards an inclusive and diverse screen industry. The list of SDIN members is here.
Members are now inviting staff, contractors and crew members and cast to participate in a voluntary and confidential survey of on-screen and off-screen contributors to productions funded by SDIN members. The initiative will benchmark the production industry for diversity against the broader population and over time.
The platform also acts as a tool for organisations to better understand the diversity of their workforce, membership, crews and cast and to measure the impact of their efforts to make this more diverse and inclusive.
About the Everyone Project
The Everyone Project has been developed by Sii, a benefit corporation established by screen industry executives Adam Smith and Alex Hannell, with the support of the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS), an Australian Commonwealth government statutory authority.