WWJD: What Would Journalists Do?

jaclynlansbery: futurejournalismproject: The She Works: Note...

Tue, 07 May 2013 22:23:05 -0400

futurejournalismproject:

The She Works: Note to Self Tumblr is an NPR creation that’s part of The Changing Lives of Women series. Advice that’s helped you at work, to women, from women.

You can create your own note card and print it out, if you like. Pictured above is a quote a lovely working lady once shared with me. Wise words, especially for entrepreneurial women. Lady journos, get on this. —Jihii

This is beautiful.

So true.

Ending a long week, preparing for another one

Fri, 26 Oct 2012 21:09:12 -0400

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Hahaha yes!

llysakowski: New York Times presidential elections infographic...

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 19:19:39 -0400

llysakowski:

New York Times presidential elections infographic sets the bar once again.

Via: NYTimes

krystalbonner: Illustrations by Johnny Selman (via New York...

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 19:18:33 -0400

krystalbonner:

Illustrations by Johnny Selman (via New York Times review of Jonathan Haidt’s book The Righteous Mind)

dashboardnews: Jury finds Drew Peterson guilty of first degree...

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 22:54:45 -0400

dashboardnews:

Jury finds Drew Peterson guilty of first degree murder

Jurors have convicted Drew Peterson of murdering his third wife, capping a sensational, five-year legal saga that began after the swaggering former Illinois police officer’s fourth wife vanished.

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futurejournalismproject: Unfortunate Sign Placement or...

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 11:59:48 -0400

futurejournalismproject:

Unfortunate Sign Placement or Acknowledgement?

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futurejournalismproject: In Print World, Political Coverage is...

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 11:58:20 -0400

futurejournalismproject:

In Print World, Political Coverage is Manly Business

A new study reports that over 70% of 2012 presidential campaign coverage in leading print dailies is written by men.

Via the 4th Estate Project:

Print election coverage since April 15th, the unofficial start to the general election (Santorum dropped out on April 12th), has been brought to us mostly by male journalists. 72.1% of print articles written on the election since April 15th were written by men and just 27.9% were written by women. During the GOP Primary, the ratio was slightly more skewed toward male journalists. From January 1 – April 14, over three-quarters (76.2%) of election print articles were written by men while only 23.8% were written by women.

At Pacific Standard, Vince Beiser looks at the numbers and says that while his gut reaction is to “sniff disdainfully at the way women continue to be treated as second-class citizens in the news media,” there’s something deeper going on. He points out that women head the New York Times (Jill Abramson) and Newsweek (Tina Brown), and are among the top editors at outlets like the AP and Reuters. Then, of course, there’s Arianna Huffington. In the end, he asks, “Could it be that at least part of the numbers disparity is because there are just more men than women who want to be campaign reporters?”

At Slate, Emily Bazelon gives an answer:

At least part of it? Most definitely, along with the other usual explanations, like mentoring and subtle signals about who is good at what. Campaign coverage is travel heavy and grueling. If you’re the primary parent, which more women still are, you’re less likely to volunteer for it. I say this as someone who gave up her chance to go to both the GOP and Democratic conventions this year for Slate. I’m not the primary parent exactly: My husband and I pretty much share. But he’s an academic, so this is a crazy time of year for him. I thought to myself: Do I really have to go? Politics isn’t my main thing. And I decided, as I did in 2008, that the answer was no—and then when I realized that Slate’s coverage of the conventions will be light on women who are on the scene, I felt predictably bad about it.

Caveat: The study, with data gathered by The 4th Estate Project (methodology here) looks at 35 leading daily newspapers. It does not take into account online news organizations.

Caveat to that Caveat: Known brands such as the print publications in this study are also among Americans’ leading online sources for the news.

Image: A Closer Look: Who’s Writing Nine Newspapers’ Presidential Election Coverage by the Women’s Media Center. (Select to embiggen)

Hmm.. interesting to think about.

melissamontoya: #Reading The Things They Carried by Tim...

Sun, 19 Aug 2012 23:40:31 -0400

melissamontoya:

#Reading The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien. #journalism #nytimes #huffpo #lit #literature (Taken with Instagram)

"A news story should be like a mini skirt on a pretty woman. Long enough to cover the subject but..."

Sun, 19 Aug 2012 23:39:27 -0400

“A news story should be like a mini skirt on a pretty woman. Long enough to cover the subject but short enough to be interesting.”

- Anonymous, linked to Texas newspaper editor