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Women in journalism: Reading list 1/27/2013

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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

–Inaugural diversity: When the media employs the term, what does it mean? (Columbia Journalism Review)

–Sundance Institute and Women in Film Release Unprecedented Study on Women Directors (Women in Hollywood)

–The hidden side of women’s military service: sexual assault (Columbia Journalism Review)

–How Some Men Harass Women Online and What Other Men Can Do to Stop It (Ms Magazine Blog)

–Broadcasting’s gender imbalance is inexcusable after Expert Women’s Day (Guardian)

–Hillary Clinton’s Benghazi Testimony and the Men Who Fear Her (BlogHer)

–In Te’o interview, Couric shows value of follow-up questions (Poynter)

–What the Manti Te’o Scandal Reveals About Women in Journalism (Huffington Post)

–How a princess can help Saudi women find their voice (CS Monitor)

–Council Candidate Balks at Campaign Finance Questions From ‘Pretty Girl’ (DNAinfo.com)

–Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad: ‘Every week they try to smear me, discredit me’ (Guardian)

–Barbara Walters recovering, home soon (Politico)

–Rachel Nichols Joins CNN and Turner Sports (CNN)

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 1/20/2013

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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

–Professor: Media coverage of rape often missing meaningful discussion (KU News Release)

–Who Needs Feminist Media? Answers from Short-Essay Contest Winners (Ms. blog)

–Coverage of Social Issues Among To Newspapers – Election 2012 (4thEstate.net)

–A Salute to Girl Power in Hollywood (New York Times)

–Lara Setrakian: Single-story sites like Syria Deeply have lessons to offer the rest of the news business (Nieman Journalism Lab)

–Somali journalist arrested after interviewing rape victim (Guardian)

–Ethiopian journalist Reeyot Alemu loses appeal, remains in prison (International Women’s Media Foundation)

–Middletown Press reporter Lauren Sievert assaulted outside Connecticut courthouse (Poynter)

–Abandoned Babies & Terrible Mothers: Media Coverage Bias (BlogHer)

–Nigella Lawson Tells ABC They Can’t Airbush Her Tummy For Promo Poster (BuzzFeed)

–‘Dear Abby’ advice columnist Pauline Friedman Phillips dies at age 94 (AP)

–Ellen Weiss To Head Scripps DC News Bureau (TV News Check)

–N.Y. Times’ Alice DuBois leaves for BuzzFeed (Politico)

–Joyce Wadler Takes NY Times Buyout (New York Observer)

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 1/13/2013

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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

–VOCO’s Sexist Ad Demonstrates That the Tech Industry Badly Needs Women (Daily Beast)

–Where have all the women political journalists gone? (The Telegraph)

–Obama Should Nominate Female FCC Chair: Women’s Media Center Petition (Huffington Post)

–ESPN Announcers teach that girls are trophies – UPDATED (Viva La Feminista)

–A Newsweek intern and the creepy editor (JimRomenesko.com)

-This Rape Infographic Is Going Viral. Too Bad It’s Wrong. (XX Factor)

– Growing gender disparity in Tanzania newsrooms (Media and Gender)

–Ada Louise Huxtable, Champion of Livable Architecture, Dies at 91 (New York Times)

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 1/6/2013

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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 eNews Announces 21 Leaders for the 21st Century 2013 (Women’s eNews)

–2012: The highs and lows of women in Hollywood (CNN)

–Women’s Magazine Editors Allow More Printed Vulgarities (New York Times)

–Remembering the first lady of Hebrew journalism (Haaretz) On Hanna Zemer

–Blogger Malala Yousafzai Leaves Hospital After Taliban Attack (Mashable)

–Melissa Farlow Named To Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame (NPPA)

–Michele Norris to Return to NPR in New Role (Media Decoder)

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 12/30/2012

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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*

–6 Women Entrepreneurs To Watch Empowering People Through Crowdfunding Platforms (ForbesWoman)

–Top 6 Upworthy Posts From 2012 To Make Women Smile (Upworthy)

–Hey, Reporters: There are Female Obama Staffers (by Jess Livoti-Morales)

–Forbes 30 Under 30 2012: Ratio, Changing (Change the Ratio)

–Pakistani teen blogger Malala Yousafzai is Time’s runner-up for Person of the Year (Poynter)

–Time Inc. Names Martha Nelson First-Ever Woman Editor-in-Chief (The Wrap)

–A Good Year for ABC News’ Martha Raddatz (TVNewser)

–Robin Fields and Eric Umansky promoted at ProPublica (JimRomenesko.com)

–Amy Walter Leaving ABC News, Returns to Cook Report (TVNewser)

–Her Story, Give or Take a Few Lines (New York Times) On Joan Kron

*Due to the holiday, this week’s list contains noteworthy links from the past two weeks.

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.