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Women in journalism: Reading list for 4/6/2014

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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.

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–AP photographer Anja Niedringhaus killed, reporter Kathy Gannon wounded (AP) (View a round-up of tributes to Niedringhaus here in our related post.)

–Divided: The Media Gender Gap [Infographic] (Women’s Media Center)

–Exposed: Outrageous Gender Bias Rife in News Industry (AlterNet)

–Study: Sun-Times has most bylines by women, NYT fewest (Poynter)

–CoverIt Live Feed: Conversations in Journalism 2014 #cij14. (The Columbia Journalism School Women in Journalism) The organization held its first student-organized conference on Saturday, April 5th.

–Technology’s Man Problem (New York Times)

–The story of women in Afghanistan ‘must be told’ (Poynter)

–And Women Shall Lead: Lynsey Addario on the New Face of Afghanistan (TIME)

–Hillary Clinton: ‘There Is A Double Standard’ Against Women In The Media (HuffPost Media)

–Call for Proposals: Alexia Foundation 2014 Women’s Initiative Grant (MediaStorm)

–Enough With the Ageist, Sexist Mom Jokes (XX Factor)

–The Things She Carried (New York Times) On the absence of stories about female veterans

Women in radio: Intensifying advocacy on gender equality, women empowerment – See more at: http://news.pia.gov.ph/index.php?article=1501396187683#sthash.01kY4GD7.NZifF7o2.dpuf

–Reporter Fired for Checking Email? Serena Markstrom Nugent’s termination from the R-G draws employee protest (Eugene Weekly)

–The Dollar-And-Cents Case Against Hollywood’s Exclusion of Women (FiveThirtyEight)

–The Continuing Case for Having More Women in Film (Women and Hollywood)

–Hey, Saturday Night Live: I’m a Black Woman. Why Did You Turn Me into a Man? (XX Factor)

–The Publication That Comes Closest to Gender Parity Among Writers Often Doesn’t Pay (XX Factor)

–More Useless Career Advice from Successful Women (XX Factor)

–Michele Norris’ ‘Race Card Project’ Is Among Peabody Award Winners (NPR)

–The Blind Spot: Samantha Asumadu (Digital Women UK)

–Meet the two journalists (Rachel Sklar and Glynnis MacNicol) set on empowering women (New York Post)

Call for Proposals: Alexia Foundation 2014 Women’s Initiative Grant – See more at: http://mediastorm.com/blog/2014/04/04/call-for-proposals-alexia-foundation-2014-womens-initiative-grant/#sthash.fW8ULB29.dpufCall
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Women in journalism: Reading list for 10/13/2013

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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.

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–Why Don’t Women Harassed Online Call the Cops? Read This. (XX Factor)

–Tech’s Gender Problem in One Chart (Gawker)

–Women on the Front Lines and Behind the Lens (Lens Blog)

–Essence: Black women still poorly depicted in media (She the People)

–Women bloggers face triumph & threats as they speak up on global corruption (Women News Network)

–Q&A with Marguerite Sullivan: Why Citizen Journalism Makes Media Literacy Crucial (PBS MediaShift)

–Rachel Sklar Emphasizes That Diversity, Inclusiveness Are Good for Business (Ad Week)

–Q&A: NYT Public Editor, Margaret Sullivan (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 6/9/2013

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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.

 

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–New York Times Teases Female Politicians For Relying On ‘Purse Boys’ (Think Progress)

-The Real Problem With Writing About a Senator’s Purse (XX Factor)

–Is It Media Hype Or Would Electing The First Woman Mayor Of Paris Mean Something For France? (Forbes Woman)

–Silicon Valley’s Awful Race and Gender Problem in 3 Mind-Blowing Charts (Mother Jones)

–Sunday Morning TV: Same Time, Same Place, Same Guests (Media Report to Women, The Blog)

–Web Magazine for Women, by Women (Women in the World)

–Journalist Riham Said gives Muslim cleric Yousuf Badri huge serve on national TV (News.com.au)

–Answering Harvard’s question about my personal life, 52 years later (Washington Post) – Phyllis Richman, a Washington Post restaurant critic from 1976 to 2000

–Samantha Power’s history in journalism (Politico)

–Sarah Stillman Wins Top Award at the 2013 MOLLY National Journalism Prize Dinner (Texas Observer)

–Politico hires Foreign Policy’s Susan Glasser (Washington Post)

–New York Times hires two reporters from the Financial Times (JimRomenesko.com) – One is London-based Alexandra Stevenson

–Wendy Ruderman leaves NYT, returns to Philly Daily News (Poynter)

–How Rebecca Parker, Editor, Does It (Motherlode)

–Rachel Sklar Tries to Become a Social Media Entrepreneur (New York Times)

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 3/24/2013

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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

–President Obama: Nominate a Woman to Replace Outgoing FCC Chair (Women’s Media Center)

–Huffington Post’s front page gender breakdown for March 21, 2013 (Women in the News)

–Esquire editor says photos of women are like ‘pictures of cool cars’ (Poynter)

–BBC to hold Expert Women’s Days in Salford, Glasgow and Cardiff (Guardian)

–Why The Opt-Out Story Won’t Die (BuzzFeed)

–How The Media Took Sides In The Steubenville Rape Case (Think Progress)

–Rachel Sklar: The Firing Of Adria Richards Looks Like Kneejerk Appeasement To The Troll Armies (Business Insider)

–How Social Media Can Become Our New Rape Whistle (The Cut)

–When the Good Girls Revolted — A Story of Newsweek (HuffPost Women)

–Attacks on Women Journalists the Focus of UN Panel (Dart Blog)

–9-Year-Old Girl Raises $15,000 to Make Video Game (Mashable)

–Allyson Bird explains further ‘why I left the news’ (Poynter)

–Mail on Sunday appoints Fleet Street’s first female sports editor, Alison Kervin (Guardian)

–Deborah Solomon quits Bloomberg View and returns to Wall Street Journal (JimRomenesko.com)

–Margaret Sullivan, an Ombud Who Cares (The Nation)

–Women Behind the News: Bloomberg News’ Vietnam bureau chief K. Oanh Ha (International Women’s Media Foundation)

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 7/29/2012

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

–Women Journalists In The Eye Of The Storm (AWID)

–Women Missing from Emmy Nominations (Women’s Media Center)

–Radio Gives Voice to India’s Transgender Community (Global Press Institute)

–Jessica Ghawi scholarship raises more than $30,000 in a day (Poynter)

–Debate over new Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer reveals divide between women in media and tech (Poynter)

–One Woman’s Quest to ‘Change the Ratio’ in Tech (Mashable)

–Silicon Valley Boot Camp Aims To Boost Diversity (NPR)

–Feminism 2.0: How Jessica Valenti is Changing the Conversation (Forbes)

–Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff to Make TV History (XX Factor)

–Barbara Roessner named Hearst Connecticut Newspapers executive editor (JimRomenesko.com)

–Newsweek/The Daily Beast Promotes Several Staffers (Fish Bowl NY) Chelsie Gosk promoted to senior director of digital strategy and audience development; Joyce Tang named deputy editor of Newsweek’s iPad and tablet editions

–Norah O’Donnell Replacing Erica Hill on ‘CBS This Morning’ (TV Newser)

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