Women in Media and News

Video: "Women are Taking Over the World of Media," Digitas Chief Creative Officer

Andy Plesser | Posted 05.25.2011

Andy Plesser

We caught up with Mark Beeching, Chief Creative Director of Digitas, at the company's Digital Content NewFront 2010 conference in Manhattan last week...

Our Daughters, Ourselves

Lynn Povich | Posted 05.25.2011

Lynn Povich

On March 16, 1970, Newsweek published a cover story on the women's movement called "Women in Revolt." That same morning, 46 female Newsweek staffers announced that we, too, were in revolt.

Afghan Women and the Media - Is Their Story Being Told?

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011

Marcia G. Yerman

Currently, 660 women comprise the ranks of the 2,000 media professionals in Afghanistan. In 2000, that number was zero.

Ten Minutes With: Sharon Lawrence

Fabio Periera | Posted 05.25.2011

Fabio Periera

Each year, women from all over the world travel to Los Angeles in the hopes of fulfilling their creative ambitions, and in 1992, Sharon Lawrence was o...

Democracy 911: Calling Women to Media and the Public Debate

Madeline Wheeler | Posted 05.25.2011

Madeline Wheeler

As a woman, mother and activist, to me, one week in American life and politics is like seven dog years. Women don't need to worry about keeping up wit...

Women in the Media: A Night of Recognition

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011

Marcia G. Yerman

The Women's Media Center was packed with women active in old and new media, advocacy, and culture.