The UK media’s first dedicated race correspondent Nadine White has said each publication “has its good moments” on the reporting of issues affecting ethnic minority communities, summarising it as “swings and roundabouts”.

White, who was appointed to the role at The Independent six months ago, said UK newsrooms have a “lot more work to do” despite holding regular panels and discussions on the issue of diversity in the industry.

Speaking at the NCTJ’s equality, diversity and inclusion conference on Thursday, White (pictured, top right) said the media could do a better job at conveying and explaining issues that matter to people of colour to the white population if editors collaborated and listened to their more junior colleagues more.