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Women in journalism: Reading list 3/17/2013

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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 I’m Canceling My Subscription: An Open Letter to ‘Harper’s’ from a Loyal Reader (Flavorwire)

–No progress for female bylines: VIDA’s latest byline count shows “gross (& indecent) neglect of female writers’ work” (Columbia Journalism Review)

-Yes, There Are a Lot of Women Writers on TV. What’s the Problem? (XX Factor)

–More women are needed in investigative journalism (Columbia Journalism Review)

–Christiane Amanpour’s tribute to courageous women (CNN)

–50 female innovators in digital journalism (Journalism.co.uk)

–CNN’s Steubenville Coverage Focuses On Effect Rape Trial Will Have On Rapists, Not Victim (Huffington Post)

–Judge releases Somali journalist jailed for interviewing alleged rape victim (Guardian)

–Media Portrayal of Black Women the Real ‘Scandal’ (Women’s eNews)

–Fox station apologizes for focus on breasts in Women’s Day story (JimRomenesko.com)

–Through her reporting and activism, Mexican journalist Marcela Turati, recipient of the 2013 Lyons Award, is giving voice to those who lack political power and access to the media (Nieman Reports)

–Sandy Close, recipient of the 2012 I.F. Stone Medal, has made a career out of helping ethnic communities and the dispossessed tell their own stories (Nieman Reports)

–Monday Q&A: EFF’s Jillian York on just-in-time censorship, scaling connectors, and the problem with banning porn (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.

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Women in journalism: Reading list 5/6/2012

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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 Honor of World Press Freedom Day: IWMF Courage in Journalism and Lifetime Achievement Award Winners Announced (International Women’s Media Foundation)

–World Press Freedom Day 2012 shows need for women journalists (Women News Network)

–Women Of ‘The Daily Show’: Why Haven’t More Become Breakout Stars? (Huffington Post)

–Bloggers Debate the Treatment of Arab Women (PEJ)

–Is that a woman as a source in your story? (Public Insight Network)

–Why is there so much misogyny online? (Guardian)

–Nine Articles ‘for Women’ That Journalists Should Stop Writing (The Atlantic Wire)

–‘More women stepping out to write’ (The Times of India)

–Pretty Funny (Minus the Funny) (Huffington Post)

–Ferial Haffajee: ‘Africa is a place of hope and that is reflected in its journalism’ (Journalism.co.uk)

–Shepard, media critic and former NPR ombudsman, joins UNLV faculty (Las Vegas Review Journal)

–Claudia Townsend leaves WaPo after three decades (JimRomenesko.com)

–Life’s Work: Christiane Amanpour (Harvard Business Review)

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 4/22/12

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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

–If It’s Sunday, It’s Meet The Republican White Men (Think Progress)

–Happy 8th Birthday to Feministing! (Feministing)

–‘Boys On The Bus’: 40 Years Later, Many Are Girls (NPR)

–Where Are the Women Writers? ASME Chief Responds (Mother Jones)

–What’s With Magazine Journalism and Women? (The Atlantic Wire)

–IWMF Announces 2012 Winners of Women Entrepreneurs in Digital News Frontier Grants (IWMF)

–Hillary’s Hair: More newsworthy than the Summit of the Americas? (WIMN’s Voices)

–Study: Readers value extra editing, women especially (Poynter)

–MaryAnne Golon named Washington Post’s new director of photography (Poynter)

–PulseWire Member Naglaa Seed Ahmed Brutally Beaten by Sudanese Forces (World Pulse)

–Lost in a life outside Syria (Women Under Siege) – About photojournalist Matilde Gattoni

–A 1973 ‘gal’ sports reporter looks back at the era’s journalistic hurdles (Chicago Tribune)

–Sara Ganim, 24, wins Pulitzer for coverage of Penn State sex abuse scandal (Poynter)

–McGill medal winner shares stories of courage with students (Red and Black)

–Joye Patterson remembered as innovator in the field of science journalism at MU  (Missourian)

–Christiane Amanpour: ‘There’s still so much prejudice out there’ (The Guardian)

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.