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Women in journalism: Reading list for 5/18/2014

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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, media and technology during the past week, as well as articles related to the intersections of gender, race, class, nationality, ability, and sexual orientation and the media. 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

–Times Ousts Jill Abramson as Executive Editor, Elevating Dean Baquet (New York Times). With so many articles being written about this, we’ve compiled a separate reading list, which can be accessed here.

–RIP Camille Lepage, French photojournalist killed in Central African Republic (Washington Post)

–Bearing Witness, Losing Her Life: On the passing of Camille Lepage (Lens Blog)

–2014 Courage in Journalism Awards (International Women’s Media Foundation)

–This Fall, TV Looks Much More Diverse: Now Don’t Screw It Up (NPR)

–The Real Story About the Wrong Photos in #BringBackOurGirls (Lens Blog)

–Obits reflect bias ‘of our forebears,’ NYT editor says (Poynter)

–No Cannes Do – The Status of Women Directors at Cannes Over the Last Decade (Women and Hollywood)

–Le Monde editor Natalie Nougayrède quits after power struggle with top staff (Guardian)

–So-called women’s issues (Ann Friedman)

–Still Talking About It: ‘Where Are the Women?’ (NYT Public Editor)

–NPR Pays Tribute to Pioneering Female Journalist Nellie Bly (Fishbowl NY)

–Micheline Maynard to lead National Center for Business Journalism at ASU (Poynter)

–Katherine Goldstein is the new editor of Vanity Fair’s website (Poynter)

–Judith Cummings, Chief of a Bureau for The Times, Dies at 68 (New York Times)

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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.

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Women in journalism: Reading list for 5/5/2014

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, media and technology during the past week, as well as articles related to the intersections of gender, race, class, nationality, ability, and sexual orientation and the media. 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

–13 Snarky News Headlines About Women, Improved (Buzzfeed)

–H.K. journalists concerned over missing Chinese journalist Gao Yu (Global Post)

–Activist Janet Mock Flips the Script, Asks Alicia Menendez to Prove Her Womanhood (Fusion)

–Sexist Critics Dismiss Justice Sotomayor’s Impassioned Affirmative Action Dissent as ‘Emotional’ (PolicyMic)

–What does your newsroom look like? Problems of gender and racial imbalance persist (World News Publishing Focus)

–Gaming While Male: A ‘Privilege’ Few Men Recognize (NPR)

–Did Dorothy have a confidence problem? (by Kathy Miller)

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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 for 4/27/2014

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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, media and technology during the past week, as well as articles related to the intersections of gender, race, class, nationality, ability, and sexual orientation and the media. 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

–Where the Women Are: Measuring Female Leadership in the New Journalism Ecology (Meg Heckman)

–Opinion: The Media Has a Woman Problem (New York Times)

–Russian Politician Bullies Female Journalists (VIDEO) (The World Post)

–Female in Gaza (New York Times)

–3 Pitfalls To Avoid When Talking About Race (NPR)

–Imagining a misogyny-free internet (GenderIT.org)

–Journalism’s hiring transparency problem (Columbia Journalism Review)

Journalism’s hiring transparency problem

–FBomb Joins Women’s Media Center (WMC)

–Cosmopolitan.com hires Jill Filipovic, burnishes feminist cred (Capital New York)

–Jill Abramson on Leaning In, Leadership & Legacy (Gotham Mag)

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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 for 4/20/2014

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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, media and technology during the past week, as well as articles related to the intersections of gender, race, class, nationality, ability, and sexual orientation and the media. 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

–Where Twitter and Feminism Meet (The Nation)

–Attack on AP journalists in Afghanistan rekindles a daughter’s pain (Washington Post)

–16 women whose digital startups deserve Vox-level plaudits (Columbia Journalism Review)

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–Light And Dark: The Racial Biases That Remain In Photography (NPR)

Home Is the First 3D Animated Film Starring A Black Character (Jezebel)

–WGA: Women Screenwriters Losing Ground, Money to Male Counterparts (The Wrap)

–Photojournalist Maggie Steber never gives up (Poynter)

–New award named for AP photographer Anja Niedringhaus (Poynter)

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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 for 4/13/2014

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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

–What does it take to create a feminist internet? #imagineafeministinternet (APC_News)

–Women Were Web Pioneers But Now Lag Behind Men (HuffPost Live)

–Why the ‘Open’ Internet Is So Closed to Women (The Nation)

–Why I’m Masquerading As A White Bearded Hipster Guy On Twitter (Despite Being a Black Woman) (XOJane)

–Recap of #MHPTwitter Chat on Hashtag Activism (HashtagFeminism)

–No, Nate, brogrammers may not be macho, but that’s not all there is to it (Medium)

–Why we need women journalists on the front lines (CNN)

–More female journalists means broader foreign coverage (Columbia Journalism Review)

–How two Times-Picayune journalists reported ‘The Long Road’ series on sex abuse (ivoh)

–Gender-flips are a simple and smart way to turn sexism on its head (Guardian)

–Make Movies by Women for Women (New York Times Room for Debate)

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–All the Letters That Are Fit to Print (The New Yorker) On New York Times’ letter writer Felicia Nimue Ackerman

–UK’s first female photojournalist Christina Broom honored (Poynter)

–AP honors photojournalist Anja Niedringhaus at funeral: ‘She found the quiet human moments’ (Poynter)

–Q&A: NPR Digital Strategist, Melody Joy Kramer (ReportHers)

–Melissa Harris-Perry Answers Your Questions (Jezebel)

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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.