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Women in journalism: Reading list for 12/1/2013

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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

–Michelle Obama, “feminist nightmare”? How lazy journalism hurts feminism  (Salon)

–Gender Inequality in Film [Infographic] (New York Film Academy)

–Debating role of women in sports media (Sports Illustrated)

–Panel discusses women’s role in digital age of journalism (The Source)

–It’s official: Katie Couric will join Yahoo News (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 for 11/24/2013

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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

–Journalists can help curb gender-based violence (Committee to Protect Journalists)

–Newsmagazine’s Handling of Sex Harassment Complaint Draws Criticism (New York Times)

–Wonder Women Show Might at ‘Indie’ Hyperlocal Sites (Street Fight)

–An Uptick in the Hiring of Women for Tech Jobs (Bits Blog)

–Majority of Snapchat users are women, its CEO says (CNET)

–Woman’s 35 years of TV news tapes bound for preservation (Poynter)

–Google looks to empower women in India, launches ‘Help get women online’ initiative (DNA)

–What It’s Like To Start A Digital Mag On Global Women’s Issues (10,000 Words)

–Self-Confidence, Maternity Leave And Page 3: Top Female Journalists Discuss Issues Surrounding Women In Media (Huffington Post)

–Liz Spayd named editor-in-chief of ‘CJR’ (Capital New York)

–BuzzFeed creates unique media beat (CNN)

–Buzzfeed to name Jina Moore international women’s rights correspondent (Capital New York)

–Mills to chair Women in Journalism (The Guardian)

–Katie Couric Deal to Become Yahoo’s “Global News Anchor” Set to Be Announced Monday (All Things D)

–Q&A: Rookie Mag Editor, Anaheed Alani (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 11/17/2013

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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

–Women broadcasters send ‘life saving information’ through emergency radio Philippines (Women News Network)

–Where are the stories in global media reported by Afghan women? (John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships at Stanford)

–Data from the U.K.: The gender imbalance in newspapers is real, and both vertical and horizontal (Nieman Journalism Lab)

–Logan Wore High Heels on Halloween, and Other Useless Anecdotes in the WAPost’s 60 Minutes Scandal Report (XX Factor)

–New mag to cover global women’s issues (Columbia Journalism Review) On Valerie

–One year in: Building an online women’s section ‘from scratch’ at the Telegraph (Journalism.co.uk)

–Women In Sports: Fight the Power Outage (The Hairpin)

–Janet Hinostroza, Ecuador: 2013 CPJ International Press Freedom Awardee (Committee to Protect Journalists)

–Amy Robach’s onscreen test leads to breast cancer diagnosis (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 for 11/10/2013

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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

–Women and the Internet: Part One: Online and offline violence towards women (Medium)

–Women’s issues in Arab media: finding a place, finding the words (Thomson Reuters Foundation)

–Swedish cinemas take aim at gender bias with Bechdel test rating (The Guardian)

–It’s a Man’s Phone: My female hands meant I couldn’t use my Google Nexus to document tear gas misuse (Medium)

–The gender ratio at many literary publications is shameful. But on Twitter, some of the most widely read critics are women (by Anna Holmes)

–Writing as Woman’s Work: The devaluation of “content” is bad for readers and for democracy (The Nation)

–Inside Iran: A Female Journalist Tells Her Story (ABC News) On Farideh Khoosha

–Capturing the truth in photojournalism one woman stands out (Women News Network) On Svetlana Bachevanova

–On Being a Woman Photographer With Maggie Steber and Lynn Johnson (National Geographic)

–Sara Lewkowicz Wins College Photographer Of The Year (NPPA)

–Katherine Boo, investigative journalist, and Gail Collins, Op-Ed columnist, join Pulitzer Prize Board (Columbia News)

–Q&A: WNYC Contributing Editor, Beth Fertig (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 11/3/2013

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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

–Shutting us down: How online misogyny prevents women from fully participating in democracy (Women Under Siege)

–The Post’s front page needs more women (Washington Post – Letter to the Editor)

–Why are so many women ‘seen but not heard’ on social media? (The Telegraph)

–Ann Coulter on women: We’re bitchy and hysterical (Name it. Change it.)

–For ‘SNL’ Cast, Being Diverse May Be Better Than Being ‘Ready’ (New York Times)

–Natascha McElhone: it’s time to find an app for gender equality (The Guardian)

–Book Review: Women and Journalism (LSE Review of Books)

–In the land of ladyblogs: A panel of prominent bloggers discussed their niche (Columbia Journalism Review)

–Karen Dunlap will retire as Poynter’s president (Poynter)

–Q&A: Nancy Conway, The Salt Lake Tribune (Columbia Journalism Review)

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.