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)
–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)
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