Women’s Media Center Announces Progressive Women’s Voices Class of 2015!

For Immediate Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Women's Media Center today congratulates the 20 women accepted into its WMC Progressive Women's Voices class of 2015.

WMC Progressive Women’s Voices is the premier media and leadership training program serving women in our country. The 20 women will be training in Washington, DC in July. They will join the nearly 200 women who have been a part of WMC Progressive Women’s Voices media training.

"The Women’s Media Center works to make women visible and powerful in media,“ said Julie Burton, President of the Women’s Media Center.  Last month the Women’s Media Center released its study ‘WMC’s Divided 2015: The Media Gender Gap’ which showed that men wrote 62 percent of all stories across print, broadcast, and Internet stories. “Our media should reflect our country’s diverse voices and experiences – which our trainees represent,” Burton said. “They are important leaders with the expert knowledge in many issues that fill the headlines every day.”  

WMC Progressive Women’s Voices trainees receive advanced, comprehensive training and tools to position themselves as media spokespersons in their fields. After their training they will be promoted through WMC SheSource -- a brain trust of top women experts used by media outlets worldwide.

Graduates from WMC Progressive Women’s Voices training programs have appeared in a multitude of diverse outlets including CNN, MSNBC, CSPAN, Al-Jazeera, Boston Globe, El Mundo, Forbes, Glamour, “Good Morning America,” Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, The New York Times, BBC, USA Today and more.

Click here to learn more about WMC’s Progressive Women's Voices.

The Women’s Media Center welcomes the Progressive Women’s Voices Class of 2015:

	Caitlin Abber	Women's Health Senior Editor Brooklyn, NY
	Dana Bolger	Know Your IX Co-Director Washington, DC
	Hannah Brancato	FORCE: Upsetting Rape Culture Co-Creative Director and Co-Founder Baltimore, MD
	Renee Bracey Sherman	Reproductive Justice Activist and Author of Saying Abortion Aloud
	Stacia Brown	The Washington Post Freelance Writer Pikesville, MD
	Kandace Creel Falcon	Minnesota State University Moorhead Director of Women's and Gender Studies Moorhead, MN
	Kelly Dittmar	Center for American Women and Politics, Rutgers University Assistant Research Professor New Brunswick, NJ
	Rahna Epting	Every Voice Chief of Staff Washington, DC
	Angela Esquivel	The As One Project Co-Founder and Executive Director Washington , DC
	Celeste Faison	National Domestic Workers Alliance Black Organizer Coordinator Oakland, CA
	Elisabeth Jacobs	Washington Center for Equitable Growth Senior Director for Policy and Academic Programs Washington, DC
	Lara Kaufmann	National Women's Law Center Senior Counsel and Director of Education Policy for At-Risk Students Washington, DC
	Jessica Luther	Freelance Journalist Austin, TX
	Jessica Montoya Coggins	Freelance Writer and Journalist New York, NY
	Elianne Ramos	Speak Hispanic/ Border Kids Relief Project Principal/ Communications and Founder Baltimore, MD
	Connie Razza	Center for Popular Democracy Director of Strategic Research Brooklyn, NY
	Amaya Smith	AFL-CIO National Media Director Washington, DC
	Jessica Torres	Media Matters for America Hispanic Media Project Researcher Washington, DC
	Lauren Wilson	Free Press Telecom Policy Counsel Washington, DC
	Nicole Woo	Center for Economic and Policy Research Director of Domestic Policy Washington, DC