Rebekka Gorges (she/her)

Role in the Inclusive Media Minds Network

As the founder of inclusive media minds, I bring my experience as a consultant, trainer, and video producer to the forefront of fostering diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) in media. I work across all stages of media production to ensure inclusive practices are embedded into workflows, enabling impactful narratives and fostering equitable team dynamics.

Personal Positioning

I am a cis woman, bisexual living in a heteronormative relationship, a mother of two children, plus size, neurodivergent, and from a working-class family. My personal experiences shape my passion for questioning and deconstructing patriarchal structures in media and promoting intersectional approaches to storytelling. My goal is to create spaces where all identities are represented with care and authenticity while advocating for systemic change in how media is produced and consumed.

Specializations and Expertise

• Educational Background: I hold a Master of Arts in Cinema from San Francisco State University, where I developed a comprehensive understanding of media theory, history, and production.
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• Media Consulting: I advise media companies and production teams on implementing DEIB principles, ensuring their projects authentically represent diverse communities and challenge harmful stereotypes.
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• Trainer for Production Teams: I provide tailored training for production teams, including those for one of the largest international streaming services, focusing on inclusive team dynamics and creating discrimination-sensitive content.
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• Diversity-Centered Content Creation: I developed and implemented my own series for Google, ensuring diverse casting and sensitivity to discrimination on set.
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• Discrimination-Sensitive Media Literacy: I’ve taught media literacy in schools through projects like the film Macht Mut, empowering young audiences to critically engage with media from an intersectional perspective.
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• Board Member at ProQuote Medien: As a board member, I advocate for feminism and diversity in media, working to dismantle barriers for women and underrepresented groups in journalism and beyond.

• Ruhr University Bochum: Conducted training sessions for media professors, doctoral candidates, and academic staff. This is an continuous project. 
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• International Streaming Service: Provided training for production teams on inclusive practices.
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• ProQuote Medien: Board member, advocating for intersectional feminism and diversity in the media.
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• Google: Developed and produced a series in collaboration with Knallrot Filme with diverse casting and discrimination-sensitive on-set practices.
• Knallrot Filme: Diversity consultancy on discrimination sensitive content
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• Film Macht Mut: Delivered discrimination-sensitive media literacy education in schools for 1-6th graders.
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• IBM: Assisted on the production I Am Not Like Everybody Else on the side of the director Marina Kem