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CBS Execs Talk Plans to Increase Diversity: It’s “Our Most Important Issue”
When CBS svp casting Fern Orenstein‘s department starts casting a new project, it’s a different conversation than it was just several years ago.
“The first thing out of people’s mouths now is can we make this diverse,” Orenstein said, speaking at the UCLA School of Law in a panel discussion on Wednesday co-presented by the university’s Ralph J.
Bunche Center for African American Studies. “When we go to agency meetings with [CBS Entertainment chairman] Nina Tassler, the first thing out of her mouth is diversity is our most important issue.”
“I’m so excited to see that finally, after all these years, that’s the first conversation now,” Orenstein says.
The panel featured Orenstein, CBS vp diversity and communications Tiffany Smith-Anoa’i and writer-director Rick Najera, who all play roles in CBS&rs