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October 10, 2013
Experts on Federal Reserve, Nobel Prize, Shutdown, Day of the Girl, and Abortion Ruling
This week's experts were chosen in response to the Janet Yellen's nomination for Head of the Federal Reserve, Alice Munro's Nobel Prize in Literature, the government shutdown, the International Day of the Girl on October 11th, and recent rulings on abortion rights.
The WMC SheSource prominent media experienced experts this week are listed below.
Expert Spotlight
Courtney Young
Writer & Entrepreneur
For interviews on literature, nobel prize.
Upon Alice Munro's winning of the Nobel Prize in Literature, we FEATURE journalist and author, Courtney Young.A seasoned speaker, she’s presented at a number of conferences, which include the Experience Music Project (EMP) Pop Conference in Seattle, the Women Action and Media (WAM) Conference in Boston, and the 2nd Global Conference on Evil, Women and the Feminine in Prague, Czech Republic.In 2009, she was selected by the Women’s Media Center as a recipient of the Progressive Women’s Voices Media Fellowship. This year, Courtney Young became the recipient of a Yaddo Writing Residency in Non-Fiction.
Areas of Expertise:
Business and the Economy, Media and Entertainment, Online harassment and Free speech, Science and Technology
WMC SheSource
Featured Expert
Gina Eleane Wood
Chief Development Officer
Rainforest Alliance
For interviews on policy making, government shutdown.
Gina Eleane Wood is senior director of program development at the Bipartisan Policy Center, an organization that aims to promote balanced policy making and encourages proactive advocacy. We FEATURE Wood in response to the continued government shutdown. She has worked as a nationally respected leader and a confidential senior advisor to the president and CEO of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies on the conceptual framework and implementation strategy for new initiatives, partnerships, key stakeholder relationships, communications, research, policy analysis, and resource development.
Featured Expert
Dana Edell, PhD
Executive Director
SPARK Movement
For interviews on spark, sexualization, girls.
Dana Edell, PhD is currently the executive director of SPARK Movement, a national activist movement working to end the sexualization of girls. We FEATURE Dana in honor of the International Day of the Girl, which falls on October 11th. With SPARK, she collaborates with a team of girl activists to create and launch actions nationwide. Dana’s activist and arts work with girls and young women has been the focus of articles in the New York Times, and New York Daily News, CNN.com and she has spoken as an expert on girls’ issues on ABC’s 20/20, Good Morning America, Fox News, and the BBC.
Featured Expert
Sarah Erdreich
Author and Reproductive Justice Advocate
For interviews on nebraska, abortion rights, pro-choice.
In response to a recent case in Nebraska that concluded that maturity is a determining factor in abortion rights, we FEATURE reproductive rights activist, Sarah Erdreich. Newsweek has identified Erdreich as a leading pro-choice activist, and Jezebel, Feministing, and the National Partnership for Women and Families have noted her incisive writings on abortion rights. She has worked for several prominent pro-choice organizations; been published in The Jewish Daily Forward’s Sisterhood blog, On The Issues, Lilith, and RH Reality Check; and authored the Women’s Media Center’s “Media Guide to Covering Reproductive Issues.”
Featured Expert
Monique Morrissey
Economist
Economic Policy Institute
For interviews on federal reserve, janet yellen.
In response to Janet Yellen's nomination for Head of the Federal Reserve, we SPOTLIGHT economist Monique Morrissey. Morrissey joined the Economic Policy Institute in 2006. She previously worked at the AFL-CIO Office of Investment and the Financial Markets Center. Her areas of interest include retirement security, executive compensation, the Federal Reserve, and financial markets.
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Liz Theran
Senior Director of Litigation for Education & Workplace Justice
National Women’s Law Center
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