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Women in journalism: Reading list for 12/8/2013

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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

–Almost two-thirds of women journalists have experienced abuse and harassment – INSI/IWMF global survey (International News Safety Institute)

–Global research project investigates violence against women journalists (International Women’s Media Foundation)

–For many women journalists, workplaces are dangerous, study says (Poynter)

–Most Female Journalists Have Been Threatened, Assaulted, or Harassed at Work. Here’s Why We Don’t Talk About It. (XX Factor)

-VIDEO: How the Media Failed Women in 2013 (Represent Project)

–Women of Vision: An intimate view of the world through the eyes of 11 female photographers (PBS News Hour Art Beat)

–The Woman in the Breast Cancer Photo Responds to Times Readers (New York Times Public Editor)

–Africa: Women Demand Access to New Technologies and Decision-Making (AllAfrica)

–Why Newsrooms Need More Women in Technology Roles (PBS MediaShift)

–5 Ways Female Filmmakers Will Revolutionize Hollywood (PolicyMic)

–Disney has some new heroines: Female directors (The Independent)

–The women of Fleet Street are about to claim their place at journalism’s top table. It’s about time, too (The Independent)

–Twitter Appoints Marjorie Scardino as First Female Board Member (New York Times Bits Blog)

–Her ‘Time’ (Capital New York) On Nancy Gibbs

–Carolyn Ryan Aims To ‘Unleash’ The New York Times Washington Bureau (Huffington Post)

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 5/19/2013

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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

–Working Women On Television: A Mixed Bag At Best (NPR)

–Do you think about gender on Twitter? (Twee-Q)

–Open Gender Tracker analyses gender balance in the media (Journalism.co.uk)

–Where have all the women gone in movies? (LA Times)

–Marissa Mayer’s Widower Debuts on Philanthropic Stage (Flip the News) – The Laurene Jobs story recast as a Zach Bogue story.

–Sports Illustrated Loves Models. Female Athletes? Not So Much (Jezebel)

–Why are Indian women being attacked on social media? (BBC News India)

–NPR Describes Senator Gillibrand as “petite, blond and perky” (Miss Representation)

–Shameful: Washington Times Column Blames Female Service Members for Assault, Calls Them Liars (Huffington Post)

–No, You Cannot Substitute ‘Sex’ For ‘Rape’ (Think Progress)

–Once Again, Media Asks Wrong Questions and Blames Victims (Ms. Magazine)

–REPORT: Diversity On Evening Cable News In 13 Charts (Media Matters)

–Walters to Announce 2014 Retirement on ‘The View’ (New York Times)

–Why We’ll Miss Glass Ceiling-Breaker Barbara Walters (KQED)

–Seth Meyers to replace Jimmy Fallon as late-night white-guy beat goes on (She the People)

–Still Shooting After the End of War (NYTimes Lens Blog) On Stacy Pearsall

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 5/5/2013

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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

–‘Forbidden Voices’: Female bloggers fight for freedom of speech (CNN)

–’100 Percent Men’ Tumblr highlights gender gap in media, tech, politics (Poynter)

–2013 National Magazine Awards widen scope, and women win (Poynter)

–The International Women’s Media Foundation announces its 2013 Courage in Journalism and Lifetime Achievement Award winners (IWMF)

–‘See you on the other side’: Meet Jessica Lum, a terminally ill 25-year-old who chose to spend what little time she had practicing journalism (Columbia Journalism Review)

–WMC Announces A Celebration of the Life of Mary Thom (Women’s Media Center)

–She Works: The Only Woman in the Room (NPR) On Nina Totenberg, NPR’s legal affairs correspondent

–Hollywood’s utter failure to accurately portray female journalists (The Week)

–Sarah Stierch Emerges as Wikipedia’s ‘Go-To Woman’ (Women’s eNews)

–Carolyn Ryan is named New York Times political editor (JimRomenesko.com)

–Jennifer Forsyth is named Wall Street Journal US editor (JimRomenesko.com)

–The Pulitizer-Prize Winner As a Young Feminist (Ms. Blog) On Quiara Alegria Hudes

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 4/28/2013

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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

–Jill Abramson: ‘Very Unpopular’ Or Just Doing Her Job? (Huffington Post) Read more about the response to Politico’s critical piece on Abramson here.

–Can Politico spot gender issues? (by Erik Wemple at the Washington Post)

–The 30 Most Important Women Under 30 In Tech (Business Insider)

–Longform Journalism, By Women, For Women (American Journalism Review)

–‘The Mommy Business Trip’ And Other Silly Insults To Women (Huffington Post)

–ChartGirl boxes the news (by Jack Shafer)

–What I Learned About Gender Roles From Watching The Trailers For Every Summer Action Movie (Think Progress)

–Grace: A pioneering Nebraska journalist looks at women who paved the way for her (Omaha.com)

–The Women’s Media Center Mourns the Loss of Mary Thom, Author, Feminist, Editor (Women’s Media Center)

–So What Do You Do, Kara Swisher, Co-Executive Editor of AllThingsD.com? (Mediabistro)

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 4/21/2013

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

–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.