Women in journalism: Reading list for 8/4/2013

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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*

–In many college newsrooms, women hold top leadership roles (Poynter)

–Are the challenges faced by women journalists changing for the better? (Chicago Reader)

–Misogyny Trips Twitter; Will It Reverse Silicon Valley Sexism? (Huffington Post)

–Tech Weekly Podcast: Violence against women in the digital realm (The Guardian)

-Pakistan: Women in journalism: Harassed at work  (The Express Tribune)

–In Costa Rica, women working with technology in journalism learn how to thrive (International Center for Journalists)

–Changing the conversation about women’s bodies (CNN) On the new Interrupt magazine

–CNN Had Four Women Discuss Something Other Than Weddings & Babies (Jezebel)

–Site counts male, female bylines in New York Times (Poynter)

–Woman Falls 17 Stories to Her Death; AP Implies She Deserved It (XX Factor)

–Gender Ratios of 65th Emmy Nominees Favor Men (Women’s Media Center)

–Report: Female reporters advised to have escort for interviewing Filner as third accuser comes forward (Hot Air)

–Good Jill, Bad Jill: Executive Editor Jill Abramson, Queen of The New York Times (Newsweek)

–Q&A: Ruby Cramer, political reporter at BuzzFeed (Columbia Journalism Review)

–Q&A: Education Reporter, Regina Medina (ReportHers)

–CNN Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jill Dougherty Leaving The Channel After 30 Years (TV Newser)

–Amy Powell to Run Paramount’s TV Division (The Wrap)

*Note: Due to travel, this week’s (slightly delayed) list contains noteworthy links from the past two weeks. No Reading List was posted for the week of 7/28/2013.

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 7/21/2013

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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

–Lack of female sources in NY Times front-page stories highlights need for change (Poynter)

–New York Times Quotes 3.4 Men for Every Woman (Slate)

–Starting a Conversation at The Times About Women as News Sources (NY Times Public Editor’s Journal)

–How far have female journalists really come? (espnW)

–The Story is the Survivor: Reporting on Sexual Assault (Dart Blog)

–It’s time for an end to “women’s stories”  (Salon)

–5 Facts about ethnic and gender diversity in U.S. newsrooms (FactTank)

–Qatari female journalists on women’s participation in media (Thomson Reuters Foundation)

–Politician Tells a Reporter She’s Very Attractive, But No Comment (Jezebel)

–On Cable News, Women’s Health Experts Noticeably Absent From Women’s Health Debate (Media Matters)

–Pioneering reporter Helen Thomas dies at 92 (AP)

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 7/14/2013

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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

–The Honorable ‘Girlie’ Senator From The State Of New York (NPR Ombudsman)

–NPR’s ombudsman asks for guidelines how to fairly cover women politicians. We have some. (Name It. Change It.)

–Should you mention her shoes? Maybe. (by Meg Heckman)

–Quick Profile Comparisons (Flip The News)

–Wired’s profile of Google engineer leads with anecdotes about her wardrobe (Poynter)

–REPORT: The Sunday Morning Shows Are Still White, Conservative, And Male (Media Matters)

–Against All Odds, Female Reporters Lead in Syria (Daily Beast)

–Photography Exhibition Challenges Stereotypes of Women in Sri Lanka (Global Press Institute)

–ESPN To Air Documentary on Women Sports Journalists Who Fought for Professional Access and Treatment (Media Report to Women, the Blog)

–The First Female CEO of a Television Network Offers a Springboard for Other Women (Huffington Post)

–The Times’s New Culture Club: Young female foursome tapped to lead arts coverage (New York Observer)

–Forbes Exec Meredith Levien Tapped For Top Advertising Job At New York Times (Forbes)

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 7/7/2013

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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

–Men, for the most part, still run newsrooms (Pew Researcher Center Fact Tank)

–Journalism safety: INSI to offer training to female reporters in Egypt (Journalism.co.uk)

–Female Foreign Journalist Gang-Raped in Horrific Tahrir Square Attack (Jezebel)

–Egypt’s Plague of Sex Attacks (The Daily Beast)

–Media boys’ club can’t afford to ignore women (The Globe and Mail)

–UN Women Partners with Geena Davis on First-ever Global Gender in Film Research Study (UN Women press release)

–Three Women Serve on the Supreme Court, and the New York Times Is on It (XX Factor)

–Let’s get visual? On Pink tennis shoes. Pink stilettos. Purse boys. Pantsuit aficionados. (by Lindsey Meeks)

–Woman’s work: The twisted reality of an Italian freelancer in Syria (Columbia Journalism Review)

–Q&A: Liberian Journo, Melissa Chea-Annan (ReportHers)

–Monday Q&A: Denise Malan on the new data-driven collaboration between INN and IRE (Nieman Journalism Lab)

–Fox News’ Greta Van Susteren is staying, but Megyn Kelly moving to prime time (Poynter)

–Amy Chozick to cover the Clintons for New York Times (JimRomenesko.com)

–Soledad O’Brien Joins Al Jazeera America (The Wrap)

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 6/30/2013

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

–Video Volunteers’ Female Reporters Bring New Voices to Rural India (MediaShift Idea Lab)

–Media coverage of appearance hurts women candidates; People who challenge need to show data (Name It. Change It)

-“Very uncool: running a story about ultimate fearless champion Wendy Davis that leads with her “petite” demeanor in “pink running shoes.” Very cool: those pink running shoes.” (Jezebel)

–Wendy Davis’ filibuster was important, but not as important as her shoes (Name It. Change It.)

–Women at the forefront of investigative journalism in Mexico (Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas)

–21 Examples of ‘Serious Journalism’ From Women’s Magazines and Websites (The Atlantic)

–Are Women’s Mags Serious Journalism? (HuffPost Live)

–BBC journalist received ‘threatening’ tweets from Turkish mayor (The Guardian)

–NPR names Tracy Wahl executive producer of ‘Morning Edition’ (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.