women

Media Minutes: May 13, 2011

Stevie Converse — Thu, 12 May 2011 18:40:53 -0400

A new initiative to spotlight women and girls as leaders across the world plans to promote 50 documentaries over a 3-year-span, showcasing women and girls fighting for social justice and equal rights. And the OpenCourt project hopes to make the wheels of justice more accessible to the public.

Media Minutes (2011-05-13)

Stevie Converse — Thu, 12 May 2011 18:21:32 -0400

New Media Women Entrepreneurs Summit

Jordan Berg — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:44:47 -0500

Start: 11/09/2009 - 00:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

A daylong gathering of women news creators and wannabe news creators. Topics to be covered include training citizen journalists, launching niche sites, sustaining operations and the release of a new J-Lab report on what women news consumers and creators want from their news media.

We Must Save Feminist Bookshops

Stevie Converse — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:59:15 -0500

Full article: Guardian
Jessica Valenti
Like many independent bookshops, feminist outlets are in deep trouble. But the community is rallying to save some of those stores that remain -- they understand the value of having a bookstore that isn't filtered through a corporate entity and encourages free thought.

Media Diversity

Holiday Shapiro — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:28:48 -0400

We are facing a media ownership crisis in the United States. People of color and women comprise more than two-thirds of our population, yet own very few of our country’s radio and television stations. Here are the facts:

BlogHer Conference '08

Bliss Requa-Trautz — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:35:24 -0400

Start: 07/17/2008 - 23:00

End: 07/19/2008 - 23:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

BlogHer's annual conference is like no other -- it is the thrilling diversity of the blogosphere come to life!

Slight Gains for Women in Radio Management in '07

Holiday Shapiro — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:22:46 -0400

Full article: Radio Ink