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Women in journalism: Reading list for 9/15/2013

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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

–‘Riptide’ is great — but where’s the diversity? (Poynter)

–Here’s what you miss by only talking to white men about the digital revolution and journalism (Washington Post)

–Against the Riptide: Rather than simply criticize a report’s omissions, two journalists plan to create their own complementary version (Columbia Journalism Review)

–The Riptide of Titstare (by Rachel Sklar)

–Sexism In The Tech Industry Takes Center Stage (NPR)

–An App For Kids, By A Kid: Meet The 9-Year-Old Co-Creator Of ‘Super Fun Kid Time’ (Tech Crunch)

–Hona Zarqa: the local women making the media their own (Middle East Monitor)

–Want to See More Women Writers in The New York Times? (Ms. Blog)

–Barbara Buono’s ‘Do Doesn’t Matter (Name it. Change it.)

–Asian rape survey: Why did the AP exclude partner rape from its headline? (XX Factor)

–10 Pioneering Women Changing the Field of Communications (Mashable)

–Anna Holmes, From Jezebel to Gray Lady (Newsweek)

–Exclusive: IAC And Daily Beast Editor Tina Brown To Part Ways (BuzzFeed)

–Megan Liberman Named Editor-in-Chief of Yahoo! News (FishBowlNY)

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 8/25/2013

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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

–Why there’s no female Nate Silver (Salon)

–Men, women, and media empire-building (by Ann Friedman)

–The women’s pages: The upsides and downsides of starting your career in gender-specific digital media (Columbia Journalism Review) Also by Ann Friedman

–Police say female photographer, 23, gang-raped in Mumbai (CNN)

–The IWMF Launches Global Survey On Dangers For Women In News (International Women’s Media Foundation)

–Editor Tries to Mansplain Gender Disparity, Fails Miserably (The Atlantic Wire)

–Marissa Mayer and Sheryl Sandberg aren’t the only fierce women in tech (Venture Beat)

–Can These Students Fix Wikipedia’s Lady Problem? (Mother Jones)

–Women Contributors Still Face Hurdles at Wikipedia (WSJ)

–How two young journalists are highlighting longform journalism written by women (Poynter)

–Young female journalists: here’s your opportunity to shine (The Telegraph)

–The 100 Best Websites For Women, 2013 (Forbes)

–Q&A: Aerogram Founder, Lakshmi Gandhi (ReportHers)

–A Q&A With Jill Abramson: The Times’ top editor on mean bosses, liberal biases, and the demise of the Washington Post (New Republic)

–Lauren Ashburn Joins Fox News (Huffington Post)

–Why is Chrystia Freeland leaving journalism to run for office? (Washington 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 8/18/2013

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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

–#SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen: women of color’s issue with digital feminism (The Guardian)

–A Chat with Mikki Kendall and Flavia Dzodan About #SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen (The Hairpin)

–I’ve raised $6.5 million to build and grow my new company: Bustle.com (Pando Daily)

–How Not to Launch a Site for Women: An Open Letter to Bustle.com Founder, Bryan Goldberg (Flavorwire)

–“Startup Rising”: The Female Face of The Middle East Tech Industry (Daily Beast)

–Tips for interviewing survivors of sexualized and gender-based violence (Women Under Siege)

–‘Let Them Wear Towels’: The Women Who Changed American Sports Forever (Daily Beast)

–International Organizations Urge Azerbaijan To Stop Harassing Journalist Khadija Ismayilova (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)

–Death of woman journalist Habiba Ahmed Abd Elaziz brings Egypt division under the microscope (Women News Network)

–In Statistical Look At Cover Girls Of Color, Maxim Is The Least Diverse (Huffington Post)

–Girls w/ Pens, Meet Ladydrawers (Girl w/ Pen!)

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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 1/13/2013

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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.

Reading List

–VOCO’s Sexist Ad Demonstrates That the Tech Industry Badly Needs Women (Daily Beast)

–Where have all the women political journalists gone? (The Telegraph)

–Obama Should Nominate Female FCC Chair: Women’s Media Center Petition (Huffington Post)

–ESPN Announcers teach that girls are trophies – UPDATED (Viva La Feminista)

–A Newsweek intern and the creepy editor (JimRomenesko.com)

-This Rape Infographic Is Going Viral. Too Bad It’s Wrong. (XX Factor)

– Growing gender disparity in Tanzania newsrooms (Media and Gender)

–Ada Louise Huxtable, Champion of Livable Architecture, Dies at 91 (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.