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Women in journalism: Reading list 4/8/12

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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

–Are Boy Bylines Better Than Girl Bylines? (Michele Weldon at Huffington Post Media)

–National Magazine Award Nominees: A Byline Gender Count (With Links!) (Ann Friedman) – This post set off a series of commentaries on gender and the awards. Read about what followed and access a round-up of related links here.

–NYU releases list of ’100 Outstanding Journalists’ (Poynter)

–The 22 Outstanding (Women) Journalists in the Last 100 Years (The Atlantic Wire)

–ASNE chooses five women editors for leadership panel (Poynter)

–Total and minority newsroom employment declines in 2011 but loss continues to stabilize (ASNE) – The percentage of women in newsrooms did not change in 2011, staying at 36.9 percent. See our related post here.

–Life as a female foreign reporter (The Guardian)

–World Pulse Wins Award in First Intel Hackathon (World Pulse)

–Africa: Giving Girls a Voice (AllAfrica)

–Women’s group pioneering Kenya’s investigative journalism (The Hotpot)

–For women in work this is a perfect storm of inequality (Tanya Gold for The Guardian)

–Pakistani Journalist Finds Hockey and Hope in Minnesota (KSTP)

–Q&A: How Susan Brownmiller fought the media on rape in war, and won (Women Under Siege)

–A Tribute to Indonesia’s Most Senior Journalist (Jakarta Globe)

–In Liberia, journalist Mae Azango moves a nation (Committee to Protect Journalists)

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 3/31/12

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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

–WMC Releases Media Guide for Gender Neutral Coverage of Women Candidates and Politicians (Women’s Media Center)

–JAWS members offer interview tips (Journalism & Women Symposium)

–OU will use alumna’s endowment for scholarships for female journalists (The Oklahoma Daily)

–Miriam O’Reilly: There was seething resentment when I went back to BBC (The Guardian)

–Joanne Zerkel remembered as ‘a champion for women’  (Southtown Star)

–Priscilla L. Buckley, steward of conservative National Review and sister of William, dies (Washington Post)

–Rachel Maddow: The Fresh Air Interview (NPR)

–Christiane Amanpour Returns To CNN: Network Releases New Promo For ‘Amanpour’ (Huffington Post)

–From waitressing to writing for The New York Times (Community College Success)

–For a Week, Couric Will Co-Host ‘Good Morning America’ (New York Times)

–Journalist/Multi-Tasker Sarah Tressler Gives First Interview Since Being Outed as a Stripper (Jezebel)

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 3/25/12

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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

–State of the News Media 2012 (Project for Excellence in Journalism) – Five of top 20 newsmakers in 2011 were women.

–Beyond the Glass Ceiling: Women in Journalism (Engenderings)

–Four Women-Led News Projects Pick Up Prizes from McCormick Foundation (MediaShift Idea Lab)

–JAWS CAMP Fellowships available for 2012 (Journalism & Women Symposium)

–Channel 4’s gender equality under the spotlight as several key women leave (Guardian)

–Dorothy Townsend dies at 88; L.A. Times reporter broke newsroom barrier (LA Times)

–Equal access: Melissa Ludtke broke barriers as a female reporter (National Baseball Hall of Fame)

–WaPo loses another top exec (Romenesko) – Jenny Abramson leaving to join a D.C.-based digital start-up

–Melanie Sill, former Sacramento Bee editor, selected as KPCC’s executive editor (KPCC)

–‘One of the Hardest-Working Women in Television Journalism’ (TVNewser) – On MSNBC’s Chris Jansing

–Liberian Writer Mae Azango Forced Into Hiding for Story on Female Genital Cutting (Daily Beast)

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 3/18/12

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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

–Zimbabwe’s Female Journalists Get U.S. Backing to Promote Equity in The Newsrooms (Voice of America)

–Female journalists offer students insights (The National) – a panel discussion as part of the Women as Global Leaders conference hosted by Zayed University

–#jpod – Gender and conflict journalism: How far have we come? (Journalism.co.uk)

–Scripps Howard Awards announced (Poynter)

–Her Rightful Place (Insider Higher Ed) – female philosophers and the New York Times’ obits

–Reporting on conflict: ‘No-brainer that women are out there’ (Journalism.co.uk)

–Are Book Publishers To Blame For Gender Discrimination? (Huffington Post)

–Future of Feminism: No More Media Sexualization of Women (Ms. Blog)

–Alice C. Steinbach, Pulitzer Prize winner, dies at 78 (Baltimore Sun)

–In Liberia, reporting on genital mutilation draws threats (CPJ)

–Liberia: IFJ Calls On Govt to Protect Threatened Female Journalist (AllAfrica)

–Azerbaijan journalist ‘blackmailed’ with explicit video (The New Age)

–Man arrested in connection to assault on journalist (INSI)

–Marie Colvin: Mourners say farewell to ‘talented, compassionate’ war reporter (The Guardian)

–Jill Abramson on the NYT as local vs. international paper: ‘We can have it all’ (Poynter)

–‘WSJ’ hires away ‘New York Times’ social media editor Liz Heron (Capital New York)

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 3/11/12

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

–Safety of women journalists on the frontline highlighted in new book (The Guardian) – For more related links, see our post on “No Woman’s Land”

–A Byline Count for the Next Generation: How Diverse Are the Blogs and Magazines Most Millennials Read? (GOOD)

–Twenty inspirational women journalists: A list of inspiring female journalists to mark International Women’s Day (Journalism.co.uk)

–International Women’s Day: Remembering the Murdered Women Writers of Mexico (Huffington Post UK)

–How Journalists Can Celebrate Women’s Day (10,000 Words)

–UNESCO launches Women Make the News 2012 (Press release)

–The Daily Beast’s ‘150 Fearless Women’ List Features Media Figures (Huffington Post Media)

–$56,000 Awarded to Four Women-Led News Projects (McCormick Foundation New Media Women Entrepreneurs)

–Naked ambition: Bild drops Page One Girl in bid for women readers (The Guardian)

–Nielsen: Women make up the majority of bloggers (ZDNet)

–Women underrepresented in tech jobs (Poynter)

–Few Female Bylines in Major Magazines (Columbia Journalism Review)

–How NPR Became a Hotbed for Female Journalists (Newsweek)

–In journalism, these women paved the way (Montreal Gazette)

–2012 Golden Pen of Freedom Awarded to Mexican Journalist Anabel Hernández (WAN-IFRA)

–TV Anchor Sue Simmons Is Being Dropped by WNBC (New York Times)

-WIW12: As Journalists Become Targets, the Need to ‘Bear Witness’ Continues (Conversation with Lynsey Addario at WIW12 via The Daily Beast)

-WIW12: New York Times’ Jill Abramson: “In our newsroom, nearly 40 percent of senior editors and managers are women, and then, of course, there’s me.” (Panel discussion at WIW12 via The Daily Beast

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