The Washington Post dug into the archives for stories about and by women
The first time Julia Carpenter's editor took her to the archives at The Washington Post's…
March 30, 2016
women in the media
Review: ‘Mary McGrory: The First Queen of Journalism’ tells the story of a woman who made friends and enemies of presidents
In 1975, two equally important events happened in the life of prolific political journalist Mary…
December 21, 2015
Women are (still) underrepresented in newsrooms. Here are 5 reasons why.
On May 18, 2015, something remarkable happened: All of the bylined stories on the front…
June 8, 2015
Why the Kleiner Perkins sex-bias trial is an important story for women reporters
Interim Reddit CEO Ellen Pao’s gender-discrimination trial against venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield &…
March 20, 2015
You can now apply for the ONA-Poynter Leadership Academy for Women in Digital Media
Applications are now open for the Online News Association-Poynter Leadership Academy for Women in Digital…
January 12, 2015
14 women in the media make Fortune’s list of influential Twitter users
Fortune Fortune published a list of the "55 most influential women on Twitter," on Monday.…
October 6, 2014
For many women journalists, workplaces are dangerous, study says
International News Safety Institute The majority of abuse, threats and harassment facing women in the…
December 2, 2013
Software seeks to measure women’s participation in journalism
Measuring women’s participation in journalism once meant sitting down with a stack of newspapers and…
September 4, 2013
How two young journalists are highlighting longform journalism written by women
Kaylen Ralph and Joanna Demkiewicz want to help change the under-representation of women in longform…
August 21, 2013
In many college newsrooms, women hold top leadership roles
The story is that men control the media, with surveys of professional newsrooms continuing to…
July 31, 2013
New York Times editor: Diversity quotas would ‘result in tokenism that sets us all back’
The New York Times | Poynter.org New York Times Public Editor Margaret Sullivan responded to…
July 19, 2013
Lack of female sources in NY Times front-page stories highlights need for change
Editor's note: This research was conducted by University of Nevada, Las Vegas, students Alexi Layton…
July 16, 2013
Wired’s profile of Google engineer leads with anecdotes about her wardrobe
Cade Metz's profile of Google engineer Melody Meckfessel in Wired builds out a couple of…
July 9, 2013
#WomenEdsWeLove creator: Female editors ‘are not invisible’ & ‘they’re not that hard to find’
Port Magazine’s recent cover, featuring all male magazine editors, prompted journalists to ask an obvious…
June 20, 2013
Why don’t women’s magazines earn more National Magazine Awards?
New Republic | Maynard Institute | Gawker The front cover of the British magazine Port's…
June 17, 2013