Ex-Roll Call Editor Who Charged Questionable Racial Hiring Practices Chats With Poynter at 11 a.m.

Heads up Roll Callers. Your former colleague Debbie Bruno, now a freelancer who lives and works in Bejing, is on tap to chat live online with Poynter at 11 a.m. That’s 11 p.m. China time.

The topic: Diversity hiring in the newsroom.

“Might be interesting. Might be a snooze,” she tells FishbowlDC.

We have a hunch it’s not going to be a bore. The flap between Bruno and Roll Call began late last month when she wrote a column revealing that she was told to hire interns based on their race.

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