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

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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, 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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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.

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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.

Reading List

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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

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–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)

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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 1/19/2014

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

–Using technology to end gender violence (WACC)

–What happens to women online matters (Melissa Harris-Perry show)

–Women’s groups attack The Sun over coverage of trafficking victim (The Guardian)

–Net Neutrality Survival Basic for Women’s Media (Women’s eNews)

–Women in Technology: Triumphs and Barriers [Infographic] (IT Manager Daily)

–Digital Technology Remodels Women’s Magazines (MediaShift)

–Time Magazine Turns Hillary Clinton Into a Pointy Heel Trampling an Emasculated Dude (XX Factor)

–Joanna Demkiewicz and Kaylen Ralph just do it (It’s All Journalism) On the founders of The Riveter

–Bonnie Fuller Talks Digital Media, Celebrity Journalism and Her First Big Break (FishbowlNY

–Q&A: Trudy Lieberman on rural health news (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.

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

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

–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.