LONDON — Fashion Minority Report, created in 2020 by Daniel Peters as a way of bolstering diversity within the creative industries, has launched a newspaper called The Reporter.

The newspaper’s aim is to spark discussions around diversity, equity and inclusion and have a long-term impact on marginalized communities inside the creative sectors, in response to the founders.

The quilt story of issue 001 is an interview with Susanna Lau, often called Susie Bubble, which looks at how she is using her platform to challenge the industry to alter.

Designer Patrick McDowell; Josephine Phillips of clothing repairs service Sojo, and Victoria Jenkins, whose brand makes adaptable clothing for individuals with disabilities, also discuss how emerging talent can create positive impact.

The inaugural issue features Fashion Minority’s diversity and inclusion trend report for 2023, in addition to case studies about corporations including Farfetch and Asos.

The case studies are supposed to display how transparency, emerging talent and employees with disabilities may be integrated successfully within the workplace.

The trend report features a survey conducted in January of greater than 187 fashion industry professionals. It revealed that 10 percent of those surveyed got a job through a connection; 66 percent of those surveyed were white.

The survey also showed that 63 percent of participants consider there ought to be more diverse representation behind the camera. Some 39 percent of those surveyed admitted that over the past few years there was a shift toward diverse representation inside the head office environment.

“We’d like more representation in any respect levels, each behind and in front of the camera or screen, to be sure that the style industry is a level playing field and accessible to all,” said Peters.

He added that the launch of The Reporter will “make clear these issues and lift awareness of the steps we, as an industry, still must take across all levels of seniority and business roles.”

The print issue of The Reporter was distributed Thursday at Liverpool Street Station in London and will even be handed out on Saturday on the Oxford Circus Station. The digital issue can be available on the Fashion Minority Report website as of Feb. 27.