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Women in journalism: Reading list for 4/21/2013

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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 Gender Disparity: Days after the Pulitzers are announced, a new study finds that newsrooms are still a boys’ club (Women in the World/Daily Beast)

–When the Media Compliments a Female Politician’s Looks, She Loses the Election (XX Factor)

–Mainstream Media, Let’s Stop Describing Everything a Rape Victim Had to Drink (AlterNet)

–Live blog: Women in Digital Journalism (The Canadian Journalism Project)

–Satire is a Dangerous Business in Venezuela (Women’s Media Center) on Rayma Suprani

–Reeyot Alemu: Ethiopia’s Jailed Truth Teller (Women in the World/Daily Beast)

–Leading Men Age, But Their Love Interests Don’t (Vulture)

–Pamela Paul Talks Future of New York Times Book Review (Daily Beast)

–Karen Bordeleau named executive editor of The Providence Journal (Providence Journal)

–16-Year-Old Media Mogul Tavi Gevinson Is Expanding Her Empire (AdWeek)

–Late war reporter Marie Colvin listed for top UK writing prize (Reuters)

–New Book Details the DC Women Journalists Who “Made Waves” and Overcame Obstacles (Philip Merrill College of Journalism) on “Women of the Washington Press: Politics, Prejudice and Persistence” by Maurine Beasley

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 10/21/2012

Jasmine R. LinabaryLeave a comment

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

–Shot Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai can stand, communicate, hospital says (CNN)

–Sonia Dridi, Cairo Reporter, ‘Savagely Attacked’: France 24 TV (AP)

–Study: Women no longer need exceptional qualifications to win Pulitzers, but… (Poynter)

–Talk to the Times: Questions for Jill Abramson, Executive Editor (New York Times)

–Wilhelmina Model Robyn Lawley On Twitter’s Shameful Candy Crowley Attacks (Daily Beast)

–Teen who petitioned for female debate moderator: ‘No one — man or woman — could have done it better’ (Poynter)

–Good Girls Don’t: After suing Newsweek for sex discrimination, some women ran up against their own timidity (Nieman Reports)

–Sexist stereotypes dominate front pages of British newspapers, research finds (Guardian)

–Why does this shocking dearth of women in the media persist? (Guardian)

–Twitter Seeks Woman for Its All-Male Board [REPORT] (Mashable)

–One month in, Margaret Sullivan talks about the changing role of New York Times Public Editor (Poynter)

–So What Do You Do, Melissa Harris-Perry, MSNBC Host and Tulane University Professor? (Mediabistro)

–Penske Puts a Woman in Charge at Variety (Fishbowl LA) Michelle Sobrino-Stearns named first-ever female publisher.

–Kristina O’Neill named editor of WSJ. Magazine (JimRomenesko.com)

–Why Heidi N. Moore is leaving ‘Marketplace’ for the Guardian (Poynter)

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

Jasmine R. LinabaryLeave a comment

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.