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Women in journalism: Reading list 3/3/2013

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The Gender Report provides a weekly round-up of links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. The links below are to noteworthy articles on topics related to women in journalism and the media during the past week. Articles included in this feature do not necessarily reflect the views of The Gender Report or its writers. View past week’s round-ups here.

Reading List

–Don’t blame the victim, or the photographer (Salon)

–Salacious, voyeuristic, insensitive: How the media harms one survivor of rape (Women Under Siege)

–Speaking out about sexual violence (Ottawa Citizen)

–‘Said to Lady Journos’ Tumblr is ‘depressingly relatable,’ female journalists say. Related: Meet the lady behind the ‘Said to Lady Journos’ Tumblr (Poynter)

–Dealing with harassment and sexism (Columbia Journalism Review)

–Online Misogynists Are Not Fringe Characters (Raw Story)

–House of Cads: The psycho-sexual ordeal of reporting in Washington (New Republic)

–Launching Voices of Our Future Training Program 2013 (World Pulse)

–New documentary honors women who paved the way (Daily Beast) On MAKERS: Women Who Make America. Watch the documentary online here.

–Where were today’s digital feminists in ‘Women Who Make America’? (Guardian)

–More Women Needed Behind and in Front of the Camera (by Julie Burton)

–Good News for Female Magazine Editors: The Pay Gap Is Narrowing (XX Factor)

–Mary J. Corey, first woman to lead Sun newsroom, dies of cancer (Baltimore Sun)

We encourage readers to submit suggestions of articles to include in future editions of this feature by sending an email to genderreport[at]gmail.com. For links to articles like these throughout the week, follow @GenderReport on Twitter.

Women in journalism: Reading list 2/24/2013

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The Gender Report provides a weekly round-up of links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. The links below are to noteworthy articles on topics related to women in journalism and the media during the past week. Articles included in this feature do not necessarily reflect the views of The Gender Report or its writers. View past week’s round-ups here.

Reading List

–Women’s Media Center Releases The Status of Women in the U.S. Media 2013 (Women’s Media Center release)

–Report: New media no better than old media when it comes to women’s bylines (Poynter)

–Feminism and the Oscars: Do the 2013 Best Picture Nominees Pass the Bechdel Test? (The Opinioness of the World)

–Hollywood Pipeline: Still a Pipe Dream for Women? (Huffington Post)

–UNESCO Launches Women Make the News 2013 (UNESCO)

–Objectifying Reeva Steenkamp is No Way to Cover the Oscar Pistorius Case (The Broad Side)

–From women’s page to style section: Women still need a place to have a voice in the absence of mainstream media equality (Columbia Journalism Review)

–Sexual Harassment Plagues Nepalese Newsrooms (Global Press Institute)

–Women journalists make a mark (The Hindu)

–Conflict Transforms Syrian English Teacher Into War Photographer (NPR)

–Behind AP’s new ‘husband, wife’ guideline (Columbia Journalism Review)

-Hilary Mantel v Kate: a story of lazy journalism and raging hypocrisy (The Guardian)

–Robin Roberts Returns to ‘Good Morning America’ (New York Times’ Media Decoder)

–Soledad O’Brien to leave CNN morning show to produce specials for the network (Washington Post)

–Poynter.org loses Julie Moos to McClatchy (Washington Post)

We encourage readers to submit suggestions of articles to include in future editions of this feature by sending an email to genderreport[at]gmail.com. For links to articles like these throughout the week, follow @GenderReport on Twitter.

Women in journalism: Reading list 2/17/2013

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The Gender Report provides a weekly round-up of links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. The links below are to noteworthy articles on topics related to women in journalism and the media during the past week. Articles included in this feature do not necessarily reflect the views of The Gender Report or its writers. View past week’s round-ups here.

Reading List

–A good feting for The Feminine Mystique: But the media should be this evenhanded about feminism all the time (Columbia Journalism Review)

–The Feminine Mystique, 50 Years Later (Room for Debate)

–The media and violence against women: A conversation with Maria Hinojosa (Women Under Siege)

–Female Journalists Walk on Eggshells in Sri Lanka (IPS)

–Sudan: Female journalists trained on role of women in conflict resolution (AfriqueJet)

–Placing blame: Report debunks misconceptions about wartime rape (Women Under Siege)

–Changing the journalism radar: That’s Maria Burns Ortiz’s story (Voxxi)

–UP to Bihar: Why a group of rural women journalists went online (Firstpost)

–The Femisphere: Latina Bloggers (Ms. Blog)

We encourage readers to submit suggestions of articles to include in future editions of this feature by sending an email to genderreport[at]gmail.com. For links to articles like these throughout the week, follow @GenderReport on Twitter.

Women in journalism: Reading list 2/10/2013

Jasmine R. Linabary1 Comment

The Gender Report provides a weekly round-up of links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. The links below are to noteworthy articles on topics related to women in journalism and the media during the past week. Articles included in this feature do not necessarily reflect the views of The Gender Report or its writers. View past week’s round-ups here.

Reading List

–The Digital Safety Gap and the Online Harassment of Women (HuffPost Media)

–Haters Gonna Hate. What’s a Woman to Do About It? (New York Magazine)

–Sexist Super Bowl ads? #NotBuyingIt, some say (CNN)

–House Of Cards Thinks All Female Political Reporters Are Mean Sluts (Slate)

–Shhhh…no one tell Fox News about the “wedding kiss”… (via Jessica Valenti)

–How bloggers became the new “chick lit” heroines (Poynter)

–Beliefnet tells writer: Don’t use the word ‘feminist’ on your blog (JimRomenesko.com)

–Concern About Somalia Rape Case Verdict (State Department)

–Margaret Sullivan makes Medill Magazine’s cover (JimRomenesko.com)

–Robin Roberts to Return to ‘Good Morning America’ Feb. 20 (ABC News)

–Jill Abramson on paywalls, Howell Raines and 9/11 (JimRomenesko.com) Related: “Alec Baldwin scolds his listeners for complaining about Jill Abramson’s voice. (@ABFalecbaldwin)”

–RIP Annette Buchanan, reporter who protected her pot-smoking sources in the ’60s (JimRomenesko.com)

We encourage readers to submit suggestions of articles to include in future editions of this feature by sending an email to genderreport[at]gmail.com. For links to articles like these throughout the week, follow @GenderReport on Twitter.

Women in journalism: Reading list 2/3/2013

Jasmine R. LinabaryLeave a comment

The Gender Report provides a weekly round-up of links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. The links below are to noteworthy articles on topics related to women in journalism and the media during the past week. Articles included in this feature do not necessarily reflect the views of The Gender Report or its writers. View past week’s round-ups here.

Reading List

–Women, News, and the Internet: (Almost) Everything We Know (by J. Nathan Matias)

–Covering rape responsibly (Women Under Siege)

–Germany in Uproar over Political Profile that Calls Out Sexism (Bitch Magazine)

–Reel Girl’s Gallery of Girls Gone Missing From Children’s Movies in 2013 (Reel Girl)

–Women Shooting on the Front Lines: Lynsey Addario’s Photographs of Women in Combat (New York Times’ Lens Blog)

–How bad is sexism in newsrooms? (Daily Life)

–IWMF names new Executive Director, new Board Members (International Women’s Media Foundation)

–Jessica Lustig named Village Voice deputy editor (JimRomenesko.com)

–Elizabeth Spiers Now Editorial Director at Flavorpill.com (New York Observer)

–CNN may replace Soledad O’Brien’s ‘Starting Point’ with new morning show (Poynter)

We encourage readers to submit suggestions of articles to include in future editions of this feature by sending an email to genderreport[at]gmail.com. For links to articles like these throughout the week, follow @GenderReport on Twitter.