Women in journalism: Reading list for 10/27/2014

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. Continue reading

Women in journalism: Reading list for 7/13/2014

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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Women in journalism: Reading list for 6/22/2014

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, media and technology during the past week,* 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.

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*This week we are playing a bit of catch up after a short hiatus. This edition of our reading list includes articles from the past month.

Google Invests $50 Million to Close the Tech Gender Gap (TIME)

Google Releases Employee Data, Illustrating Tech’s Diversity Challenge (Bits Blog)

Girlfriend ‘Complains A Lot … Interrupts,’ Developer Tells Conference (NPR)

“She Started It” Aims To Change Silicon Valley’s Gender Inequality Problem (Fast Company)

Meet the Men Who Thought Up and Created the GenderAvenger Tally App (GenderAvenger)

This Woman Was Threatened With Rape After Calling Out Sexist Video Games—and Then Something Inspiring Happened (Mother Jones)

‘Digital campaigns on women’s rights are most likely to win’ (The Telegraph)

Violence Against Women: The Washington Post’s Sad, Sloppy Journalism (PsychCentral)

Woman journalist found with throat cut in southern Libya (Reporters without Borders)

Gender at the ‘New York Times’: The Most Comprehensive Analysis Ever (Pacific Standard)

It’s not just Jill Abramson: Women everywhere are getting pushed out of journalism (Washington Post)

Supreme Court to consider online-threats case (Washington Post)

#YesAllWomen reveals the constant barrage of sexism that women face (by Jessica Valenti at The Guardian)

How To Cover Hillary Clinton Without Being Sexist (ThinkProgress)

APME once gave women journalists tips on how to ‘make a man feel like a boss’ (Poynter)

LadyBits’ First and Last Year on Medium (Medium)

Why We Need More Positive Representations of Women in Sports Media and How We Can Support Them (Everyday Feminism)

A place for women in soccer journalism (Medium)

A River Changes Young Women’s Photography, and Their Lives (Lens Blog)

Women on the frontline: female photojournalists’ visions of conflict (The Guardian)

The woman saving Uganda’s lost and abandoned children (CNN) On journalist Gladys Kalibala

The women reporters determined to cover World War Two (BBC)

Time cover girl Laverne Cox: ‘There’s not just one trans story’ (Poynter)

The Cast of the New Star Wars Won’t Be Quite So White and Male, After All (Slate)

WSJ Potomac Watch Columnist Kimberley Strassel Recipient of $250k Bradley Prize (Fishbowl DC)

Jennifer Orsi named new managing editor of Tampa Bay Times (Poynter)

Lynne Segall Promoted to EVP, Group Publisher of Hollywood Reporter and Billboard (Hollywood Reporter)

Robyn Tomlin, former Thunderdome editor, heads to Pew (Poynter)

Kelly McBride named Poynter’s Vice President for Academic Programs (Poynter)

LA Times hires freelancer Carolina Miranda as new arts and culture blogger (LA Observed)

Photo Journal: Alison Wright – Spanning the Globe (NPPA)

The 60-second interview: Laurie Hays, senior executive editor, Bloomberg News (Capital New York)

Photojournalist Kitra Cahana Defends A Different Kind of Freedom at TED (MediaStorm)

Interview with Louisa Reynolds | 2014/15 Neuffer Fellow (International Women’s Media Foundation)

Q&A: Penelope Muse Abernathy on how community newspapers can face the digital transition (Nieman Journalism Lab)

Photojournalist Paola Gianturco wants to spread the stories of the subjects of her photographs (VIDEO) (Women’s eNews)

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Women in journalism: Reading list for 5/18/2014

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, media and technology during the past week, 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

Times Ousts Jill Abramson as Executive Editor, Elevating Dean Baquet (New York Times). With so many articles being written about this, we’ve compiled a separate reading list, which can be accessed here.

RIP Camille Lepage, French photojournalist killed in Central African Republic (Washington Post)

Bearing Witness, Losing Her Life: On the passing of Camille Lepage (Lens Blog)

2014 Courage in Journalism Awards (International Women’s Media Foundation)

This Fall, TV Looks Much More Diverse: Now Don’t Screw It Up (NPR)

The Real Story About the Wrong Photos in #BringBackOurGirls (Lens Blog)

Obits reflect bias ‘of our forebears,’ NYT editor says (Poynter)

No Cannes Do – The Status of Women Directors at Cannes Over the Last Decade (Women and Hollywood)

Le Monde editor Natalie Nougayrède quits after power struggle with top staff (Guardian)

So-called women’s issues (Ann Friedman)

Still Talking About It: ‘Where Are the Women?’ (NYT Public Editor)

NPR Pays Tribute to Pioneering Female Journalist Nellie Bly (Fishbowl NY)

Micheline Maynard to lead National Center for Business Journalism at ASU (Poynter)

Katherine Goldstein is the new editor of Vanity Fair’s website (Poynter)

Judith Cummings, Chief of a Bureau for The Times, Dies at 68 (New York Times)

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Women in journalism: Reading list for 5/5/2014

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, media and technology during the past week, 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

13 Snarky News Headlines About Women, Improved (Buzzfeed)

H.K. journalists concerned over missing Chinese journalist Gao Yu (Global Post)

Activist Janet Mock Flips the Script, Asks Alicia Menendez to Prove Her Womanhood (Fusion)

Sexist Critics Dismiss Justice Sotomayor’s Impassioned Affirmative Action Dissent as ‘Emotional’ (PolicyMic)

What does your newsroom look like? Problems of gender and racial imbalance persist (World News Publishing Focus)

Gaming While Male: A ‘Privilege’ Few Men Recognize (NPR)

Did Dorothy have a confidence problem? (by Kathy Miller)

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