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30 Women Making HistoryIn recognition of the 30th anniversary of Women’s History Month, Women’s Media Center is profiling 30 extraordinary women making history. Our goal is to raise $10,000 to support WMC Exclusives — every dollar raised will go directly toward hiring women writers to comment on major news stories and report topics often neglected [...]
February 24, 2010 – 9:57 am
Prolific photographer Kimberly Butler has just launched a vlog series on the corporatization of media, asking a variety of folks-who-would-know – including former WMC president Carol Jenkins: Was Marshall McLuhan right when he declared that a given medium was more important than the message? How did news become big business, and what does it mean [...]
January 12, 2010 – 1:35 pm
Monday’s show featured Racialicious and Jezebel blogger — and Progressive Women’s Voices alum — Latoya Peterson, along with media technologist Deanna Zandt, and our very own Programming Coordinator Rachell Arteaga, who heads our excellent Girls Investigate project. This fantastic team of women examines social media trends, pop culture conversations, and girls media programming as we begin a new decade, taking [...]
December 22, 2009 – 6:12 pm
As 2010 fast approaches – and the future of journalism remains ambiguous – our friends at The Media Consortium have highlighted five priorities that journalism orgs (and anyone invested in journalism’s future) should focus on: Increase Experimentation, Broaden Diversity, Creating Engaged Communities, Cultivate Collaboration, and Make Media Mobile. Authored by Progressive Women’s Voices alum [...]
September 16, 2009 – 9:55 am
Guest post by Nadine B. Hack, President, beCause Global Consulting
My husband Jerry Dunfey and I were profoundly honored to be on vigil during the final hour Ted Kennedy’s casket was at the JFK Library before his family brought him to the church for his funeral. The next day one of our granddaughters [...]
August 12, 2009 – 11:28 pm
Disruption of the health care town hall meetings has triggered some rich debate about free speech in the U.S. In these discussions, CODEPINK has been referenced several times as the group that has most often tested the boundaries of free speech. Over the years, we’ve been chided and insulted by the media, Members of Congress, [...]
This Fourth of July, The Essence Music Festival in New Orleans is not only celebrating our national holiday and the music of Michael Jackson, it is raising awareness about HIV/AIDS.
New Orleans has the second-highest AIDS infection rate among metropolitan areas in the country, and African Americans account for most of the new HIV cases (72 [...]
Congratulations to SheWrites, which has acquired almost 1000 new members since its launch a few days ago! Kudos to creators Nancy K. Miller, Deborah Siegel, and Kamy Wiecoff!! Clearly there was a need for this site:) There are writers from a variety of backgrounds (journalism, memoir, poetry, screenwriting, activism), and it is an incredible opportunity [...]
Last summer, Nuala Cabral joined the WMC as an A/V Intern. She contributed her expertise and skills in Video Editing and Production, which are an integral part of the Progressive Women’s Voices Training program. We were thrilled to work with such a talented and inspired individual, and we are sure she’s doing great [...]
A member of Women in Children’s Media, I recently had the privilege of attending this year’s 10th annual KidScreen Summit. With just over 1000 attendees and hundreds of speakers from across the country and all over the world, this truly was a Mecca for all those who are in the business of creating kid’s media. [...]
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