The Women's Media Center Honors America Ferrera, Liz Rebecca Alarcón, Yamiche Alcindor, Donna Deitch, Rahna Epting, Jenice Fountain, Chicken & Egg Pictures

New York, New York — September 20^th, 2024 — THE WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER hosted their 2024 WOMEN’S MEDIA AWARDS on September 19^th at the JW Marriott Essex House Hotel in New York City.

The WMC AWARDS were presented to outstanding leaders and champions for women in media. This year’s WMC 2024 Women’s Media Awards honorees were: America Ferrera, Liz Rebecca Alarcón, Yamiche Alcindor, Donna Deitch, Rahna Epting, Jenice Fountain, and Chicken & Egg Pictures.

WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER Co-Founders Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan, Gloria Steinem, and WMC President & CEO Julie Burton appeared at the gala. WMC Board Chair Janet Dewart Bell, WMC Board Co-Chair Emerita Pat Mitchell, WMC Board Vice Chair Erica González Martínez, and former WMC President Carol Jenkins also made appearances at the gala.

The WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER 2024 Women’s Media Award Honorees were:

• America Ferrera, Emmy winning, Oscar nominated actor, director, producer, and activist, received the first WMC Gloria Steinem Visible and Powerful Award.
• Yamiche Alcindor, NBC News Washington correspondent, received the WMC Carol Jenkins Award.
• Donna Deitch, film director, writer, producer, Emmy winning director, and activist, received the WMC Ahead of Her Time Award.
• Liz Rebecca Alarcón, Founder & CEO, Pulso, received the WMC Progressive Women’s Voices Impact Award.
• Rahna Epting, Executive Director, MoveOn, received the WMC Progressive Women’s Voices IMPACT Award.
• Jenice Fountain, Executive Director, Yellowhammer Fund, received the WMC Progressive Women’s Voices IMPACT Award.
• Chicken & Egg Pictures, which awards grants and provides creative mentorship to filmmakers from around the world, received the WMC Pat Mitchell Lifetime Achievement Award. Accepting the award were Chicken & Egg Pictures Co-Founders Wendy Ettinger, Judith Helfand, and CEO Jenni Wolfson.

“The Women’s Media Center’s call to action is simple: We want to see more diverse women, hear more diverse women, and read articles from more diverse women across all media platforms. Our Women’s Media Awards honor champions for women who set the standard for what media should look like when it gives voice to the female half of the country. They are role models, history-makers, and inspiring leaders,” said Julie Burton, President & CEO of the WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER.

The Women’s Media Awards Co-Chairs were: Loreen Arbus, Donna Deitch, Anne Kiehl Friedman, Mellody Hobson, Cindy Holland, Helen LaKelly Hunt, Carlene C. Laughlin, Michelle Mercer & Bruce Golden, Susan Pritzker, Lynda & Stewart Resnick, Sheryl Sandberg, Bonnie Schaefer, Marla Schaefer, Regina K. Scully, Alexandra Shiva, Mary & Steven Swig, and Darren Walker.

Proceeds from these awards support the work of the WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER.

Past WMC honorees include Luvvie Ajayi, Gayle King, Christiane Amanpour, Amma Asante, Laura Bates, Samantha Bee, Ursula Burns, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Katie Couric, Abigail Disney, Jude Ellison S. Doyle, Mona Eltahawy, Fatima Goss Graves, Maria Hinojosa, Cindy Holland, Sarah Hoye, Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff, Sheila C. Johnson, Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, Ashley Judd, Maria Teresa Kumar, Laura Ling and Lisa Ling, Lara Logan, Andrea Mitchell, Pat Mitchell, Martha Nelson, Soledad O’Brien, Salma Hayek Pinault, Elianne Ramos, Joy Reid, Robin Roberts, April Ryan, Anita Sarkeesian, Regina K. Scully, Mary Thom, Marlo Thomas, Barbara Walters, Padmasree Warrior, Lindy West, and Maggie Wilderotter.

About the WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER (WMC):

Founded by Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan, and Gloria Steinem, the WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER (WMC) is a feminist organization that works for gender and racial inclusion, representation, and equality in media. The WMC mission is to make diverse women visible and powerful in the media. WMC programs address unequal representation and misrepresentation of women in media through interconnected strategies to: 1) Research, document, and produce reports in the WMC Media Lab that highlight the status of women in U.S. media, equip activists with evidence, and create benchmarks to hold media accountable for sexist and racist coverage; 2) Train women leaders and experts to be effective in media and increase their thought leadership through WMC Progressive Women’s Voices and customized training and leadership programs; 3) Recruit and promote diverse women experts to the media through WMC SheSource; and 4) Investigate, report, and publish original online and on-air journalism to expand diverse women’s voices and representation.

For more information about the ongoing work of the WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER, go to: www.womensmediacenter.com.