We've come a long way since the 1970s, but in terms of women's achievement, NPR is still a notable outlier. Two years ago, Audie Cornish left her post...
Emma Goss | Posted 04.18.2012
Instead of hearing the words, "pencils down," college students are now hearing just the opposite. Increasingly, colleges are empowering women to take on leading roles in one of the most competitive industries -- journalism.
Christine Bronstein | Posted 04.01.2012
What is the cost to society when half of the nation's best minds and best ideas -- women's minds and women's ideas -- are left out?
Tabby Biddle | Posted 01.04.2012
These women don't let anything stand in their way of telling the stories that need to be told. They don't back down. They won't be silenced. These are the real heroines of media.
Tabby Biddle | Posted 12.24.2011
Despite the hazards that have threatened her life and the life of her family, Parisa Hafezi, bureau chief for Reuters in Iran, has fought efforts to censor reporting and has battled against tough restrictions on women in the media.
Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011
Currently, 660 women comprise the ranks of the 2,000 media professionals in Afghanistan. In 2000, that number was zero.
nytimes.com | JOANNE LIPMAN | Posted 11.17.2011
For the first time, women make up half the work force. The Shriver Report, out just last week, found that mothers are the major breadwinners in 40 pe...
Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011
The Women's Media Center was packed with women active in old and new media, advocacy, and culture.
Tabby Biddle | Posted 11.17.2011
In what felt like a call to action, women at this conference imparted their wisdom from their life experiences and empowered one another through their stories of achievement, generosity, and courage.
The Daily Beast | Posted 05.05.2012