Women in journalism: Reading list for 9/8/2013

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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

–10 Women to Watch (Editor & Publisher)

–Software seeks to measure women’s participation in journalism (Poynter)

–Girls Tweeting (Not Twerking) Their Way to Power (New York Times)

–Why Female Journalists in India Still Can’t Have It All (India Ink, New York Times)

–“Escape from Taliban” author Sushmita Banerjee shot dead in Afghanistan (Reuters)

–More Women Were Working In TV During 2012-13 Season Than Ever Before: Study (Deadline)

–How Do Women and Men Use Social Media Differently? [INFOGRAPHIC] (Social Media Today)

–First female ‘Life’ editor Judith Glassman Daniels dies at 74 (Entertainment Weekly)

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 9/1/2013

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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 New DIY Movement: #SmartFeministsofTwitter (Ms. Magazine)

–6 Insidious Ways Social Media Can Be Used to Silence Women (Policy Mic)

–The War Over Free Speech, Harassment, and Trolls Hits Another Social-Media Site (Mother Jones)

–A Show of Strength by Middle Eastern Women Photographers (Lens Blog)

–Female Journalists Sitting On Floor In Iran An Illustration Of Gender Inequality? (Huffington Post)

–12 Minutes of Freedom in 460 Days of Captivity (New York Times Magazine) Amanda Lindhout tells the story of her kidnapping

–For Two Female News Anchors, Morning Has Spoken (New York Times) On Gayle King and Mika Brzezinski

–Why Bustle Is Great News for Women (XX Factor)

–A Year in the Life of a Watchdog (by Margaret Sullivan, New York Times Public Editor)

–The Associated Press’s Kathleen Carroll: “You can have it all if you define what it is you want” (Nieman Reports)

–A Q&A with the Guardian’s Southeast Asia correspondent Kate Hodal, on her move from freelancing to her current role (Journalism.co.uk)

–Q&A: NYT Magazine Writer, Maggie Jones (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.

Women in journalism: Reading list for 8/25/2013

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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

–Why there’s no female Nate Silver (Salon)

–Men, women, and media empire-building (by Ann Friedman)

–The women’s pages: The upsides and downsides of starting your career in gender-specific digital media (Columbia Journalism Review) Also by Ann Friedman

–Police say female photographer, 23, gang-raped in Mumbai (CNN)

–The IWMF Launches Global Survey On Dangers For Women In News (International Women’s Media Foundation)

–Editor Tries to Mansplain Gender Disparity, Fails Miserably (The Atlantic Wire)

–Marissa Mayer and Sheryl Sandberg aren’t the only fierce women in tech (Venture Beat)

–Can These Students Fix Wikipedia’s Lady Problem? (Mother Jones)

–Women Contributors Still Face Hurdles at Wikipedia (WSJ)

–How two young journalists are highlighting longform journalism written by women (Poynter)

–Young female journalists: here’s your opportunity to shine (The Telegraph)

–The 100 Best Websites For Women, 2013 (Forbes)

–Q&A: Aerogram Founder, Lakshmi Gandhi (ReportHers)

–A Q&A With Jill Abramson: The Times’ top editor on mean bosses, liberal biases, and the demise of the Washington Post (New Republic)

–Lauren Ashburn Joins Fox News (Huffington Post)

–Why is Chrystia Freeland leaving journalism to run for office? (Washington Post)

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 8/18/2013

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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

–#SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen: women of color’s issue with digital feminism (The Guardian)

–A Chat with Mikki Kendall and Flavia Dzodan About #SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen (The Hairpin)

–I’ve raised $6.5 million to build and grow my new company: Bustle.com (Pando Daily)

–How Not to Launch a Site for Women: An Open Letter to Bustle.com Founder, Bryan Goldberg (Flavorwire)

–“Startup Rising”: The Female Face of The Middle East Tech Industry (Daily Beast)

–Tips for interviewing survivors of sexualized and gender-based violence (Women Under Siege)

–‘Let Them Wear Towels’: The Women Who Changed American Sports Forever (Daily Beast)

–International Organizations Urge Azerbaijan To Stop Harassing Journalist Khadija Ismayilova (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)

–Death of woman journalist Habiba Ahmed Abd Elaziz brings Egypt division under the microscope (Women News Network)

–In Statistical Look At Cover Girls Of Color, Maxim Is The Least Diverse (Huffington Post)

–Girls w/ Pens, Meet Ladydrawers (Girl w/ Pen!)

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Women in journalism: Reading list for 8/11/2013

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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 know more than just love and sex (Salon)

–Twitter bomb threats: Online and offline, female journalists face abuse “all the time” (Thomson Reuters Foundation)

–Why are op-eds written by women more prone to verge on the personal? (The Guardian)

–‘NewsHour’ Appoints First Female Anchor Team (New York Times)

–Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff Named Co-Anchors, Managing Editors of PBS NewsHour (PBS NewsHour)

–Q&A: Nadia Sharmeen on journalists in Bangladesh (Committee to Protect Journalists)

–Q&A: CIR video producer, Amanda Pike (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.