The Gender Report provides a regular round-up of links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. The links below are to recent noteworthy articles on topics related to women in journalism, media and technology, as well as articles related to the intersections of gender, race, class, nationality, ability, and sexual orientation and the media. 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
–Here’s What Female Journalists Have To Say About Media’s Gender Gap (Huffington Post Media)
–Rosie the scribbler: Why women are leading coverage of the war-torn Middle East (Columbia Journalism Review)
–Women and minorities still just a whisper among op-ed voices (Poynter)
–Rieder: A global platform for bold journalists (USA Today) On Global Voices: Truthdig Women Reporting
Rosie the scribbler
Why women are leading coverage of the war-torn Middle East
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–Jill Abramson Talks Obama Secrecy and Her New York Times Firing (Daily Beast)
–Half of 2014’s movies fail this basic test of sexism (Vox)
–Women Make Up Only 26% Of Nominees for 66th Primetime Emmy Awards (Women’s Media Center)
–Dear Google Glass, Moms Like Technology Too (Medium)
–1,000 Women Were At Google’s Developer’s Conference And They Were Badly Needed (Business Insider)
–Reporter’s (Amanda Lindhout) harrowing ordeal as hostage set to become movie (CNN)
–Guardian appoints Jane Martinson as head of media (Guardian)
–CNN’s social news editor Samantha Barry: Engagement doesn’t have to mean clickbait (Digiday)
–Diane Sawyer Leaving ‘ABC World News;’ David Muir Takes Over as Anchor and Managing Editor (TV Newser)
–AP’s Kathy Gannon and the late Anja Niedringhaus given National Press Club awards (Poynter)
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