Television Academy’s 2024 DEI Report: Where The Org Stand With Diversity & Inclusion

The good news: the demographic diversity of the Television Academy’s membership has increased and women with historically marginalized racial/ethnic identities reported a 10% increase in “belonging.”

Now the bad news: members who hold “multiple marginalized identities still hold less positive sentiments across the board as compared to those with more of a majority” while “representation is still lagging for multiple identities,” including at the governors level.

Those are just some of the results of the TV Academy’s 2024 Impact Progress Report on equity and inclusion. Just over 2,800 members responded to the 2023 survey, which is a mere 11.6% response rate that’s even lower than the number of people who responded in 2021.

The TV Academy blamed the low participation on awkward timing; the survey was conducted right after the strikes. There was also the suggestion that world affairs may have turned members off to the idea of filling out a questionnaire.

Here are some of the findings from the survey:

-Membership in the TV Academy grew by 4,512 over the past two years. Among those surveyed, the number of members who reported their sexual orientation jumped by 16.4 percent while those who shared their gender increased by 2%.

-The number of members reporting their race/ethnicity increased by 6.3%.

-92% of respondents who answered optional progress questions reported seeing at least some, if not significant, progress when it comes to inclusivity.

-There was a slight increase in both men and women who identify as members of historically marginalized races/ethnicities.

-Disabled respondents were one of the only groups who reported notable negative change in dimensions of access to resources and engagement.

-62% of members 40 and under felt a greater sense of belonging compared to 56% in 2021, but still trail members over 40 who are now at 66% in 2023.

-Member respondents noted a need for greater resources and training around DEIA topics, including more expansive awareness of identity groups such as disability, age, and ethnic heritage, such as Judaism. They also noted an inability to comfortably discuss DEIA topics.