Women in journalism: Reading list for 6/23/2013

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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

–#WomenEdsWeLove creator: Female editors ‘are not invisible’ & ‘they’re not that hard to find’ (Poynter)

–Robbie Myers: Yes, Women’s Magazines Can Do Serious Journalism. In Fact, We’ve Been Doing It For A While (ELLE Magazine)

–Here’s Why Women’s Magazines Don’t Produce “Serious” Journalism (XX Factor)

–The WiCi Awards: Recognizing Women Changing Communications (Mashable)

–Male Fox News guest to female Democratic consultant: “Know your role and shut your mouth” (Salon)

–Why Trolling is Worse For Feminist Writers (Policy Mic)

–At The Movies, The Women Are Gone (NPR)

–Gloria Steinem on Digital as a Medium for Women’s Stories (Huffington Post)

–Editor loses her home in fire, but it doesn’t stop the presses (The Gazette)

–Ex-LAT editor Sallie Hofmeister signs on with Sitrick (LA Observed)

–MSNBC.com adds Irin Carmon, others (JimRomenesko.com)

–The Sun launches internship named for former newsroom leader Mary J. Corey (Baltimore Sun)

–She’s Not Just Destined For Greatness, She’s Destined To Do Great Things For Women (Upworthy)

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 6/16/2013

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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 letter to the editors on Port magazine’s cover (JimRomenesko.com) Related: “Just a bunch of white male editors standing around“

–Are women writers pushing men out of their chairs at the high-toned navel-gazing table? (She the People)

–Style guide aims to make it easier to cover stories like Plan B (Poynter)

–Who Do Journos Listen To? (Women In the Media)

–The Femisphere: Bloggers From Canada (Ms Blog)

–Helen Brush Jenkins, early LA news photographer was 94 (LA Observed)

–Erin Lee Carr Leaves Vice for The Verge (New York Observer)

–BuzzFeed Names Miriam Elder Foreign and National Security Editor (Fishbowl NY)

–CNN Rehires Kelly Wallace, Primarily as Digital Reporter (NY Times Media Decoder)

–Wednesday Q&A: Susan Glasser on heading to Politico, the state of foreign reporting, and balancing blogs and longform (Nieman Journalism Lab)

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 6/9/2013

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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

–New York Times Teases Female Politicians For Relying On ‘Purse Boys’ (Think Progress)

-The Real Problem With Writing About a Senator’s Purse (XX Factor)

–Is It Media Hype Or Would Electing The First Woman Mayor Of Paris Mean Something For France? (Forbes Woman)

–Silicon Valley’s Awful Race and Gender Problem in 3 Mind-Blowing Charts (Mother Jones)

–Sunday Morning TV: Same Time, Same Place, Same Guests (Media Report to Women, The Blog)

–Web Magazine for Women, by Women (Women in the World)

–Journalist Riham Said gives Muslim cleric Yousuf Badri huge serve on national TV (News.com.au)

–Answering Harvard’s question about my personal life, 52 years later (Washington Post) – Phyllis Richman, a Washington Post restaurant critic from 1976 to 2000

–Samantha Power’s history in journalism (Politico)

–Sarah Stillman Wins Top Award at the 2013 MOLLY National Journalism Prize Dinner (Texas Observer)

–Politico hires Foreign Policy’s Susan Glasser (Washington Post)

–New York Times hires two reporters from the Financial Times (JimRomenesko.com) – One is London-based Alexandra Stevenson

–Wendy Ruderman leaves NYT, returns to Philly Daily News (Poynter)

–How Rebecca Parker, Editor, Does It (Motherlode)

–Rachel Sklar Tries to Become a Social Media Entrepreneur (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 for 6/2/2013

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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

–Journalism’s Louboutin Problem (XX Factor)

–Facebook’s turning point on sexual violence (CNN)

–Amanda Bynes’ public meltdown says more about us than her (Guardian)

–Watch the Men of Fox News Freak Out Over Female Breadwinners (XX Factor)

–WOW: Fox Newswoman Megyn Kelly Lays Epic Smackdown On Fox Newsmen For Obvious And Blatant Misogyny (Upworthy)

–This is what happens when you ban male press from a female rock fest in Afghanistan (by Amie Ferris-Rotman) – This is a guest post for The Gender Report.

–Being called beauty isn’t a compliment New York Post (Name it. Change it.)

–Marcia McNutt to become first female Editor-In-Chief of Science magazine (IWMF)

–Syrian TV reporter Yara Abbas shot dead (Syria Report)

–Just how relevant are consumer women’s mags today in a crowded market? (The Telegraph)

–Regina McCombs leaves Poynter for Minnesota Public Radio (Poynter)

–Liz Heron is named Wall Street Journal emerging media editor (JimRomenesko.com)

–Q&A: Data Viz Expert, Amanda Hickman (ReportHers)

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.