Amazon Studios Wants to ‘Earn the Trust’ of Audiences, Employees With Disabilities | Video

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TheGrill 2023: The studio’s head of diversity, equity and inclusion content explains why they added an “A” for “accessibility” to its core values earlier this year

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Amazon Studios and Prime Video aimed to “earn the trust” of its audiences and film and TV employees with disabilities earlier this year but adding “accessibility” to its core diversity, equity and inclusion values.

Speaking on behalf of the studio at TheWrap’s annual industry conference TheGrill, head of U.S. and worldwide DEIA content Jerome Core shared why and how the company is ensuring “all of our initiatives, all of our policies” incorporate a newfound emphasis on inclusion for the disability community.

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Raquel “Rocky” Harris is an American multimedia journalist and producer working as a reporter at TheWrap. She previously served as a senior multiplatform reporter for Forbes. Some of Raquel’s producing credits include former daytime talk show “The Real” and the nationally-syndicated talk show “Dr. Phil.” In addition, her print and on-camera work has been featured…

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  1. Educate your dept heads/managers Avatar
    Educate your dept heads/managers

    A big focus for Amazon really needs to be managers willingness and basic understanding to accommodate their own disabled employees. 

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