Last February, when broadcast and cable news decided that the death of codger-marrying model and former reality TV trainwreck Anna Nicole Smith was the single most newsworthy story they could possibly think to report, media critics here on WIMN’s Voices and throughout the blogosphere noted the lunacy of journalists and pundits ignoring war, global unrest, […]

Kudos to the folks at Progress Action for catching the discrepency between the headlines that The Huffington Post and Buzzflash used for the same story.
The Huffie version read,
“Ford Saw Clinton As Sex Addict: New Bio”
And Buzzflash penned it this way,
“In his newest book, published posthumously, Gerald Ford viewed the Iraq war as a mistake, […]

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: I’ll be participating tonight on a panel about the impact of media coverage on public perceptions of — and legal responses to — violence against women.
Sponsored by the New York City Bar Association’s Domestic Violence Committee and moderated by a retired New York Supreme Court Judge, this will be an important event… […]

Hey WIMN,
I’m going on tour with my new book about the corporate infiltration of the cultural underground, Unmarketable: Brandalism, Copyfighting, Mocketing, and the Erosion of Integrity. I currently have dates in Chicago and on the East Coast through November, see below for times, locations, and related happenings. Come on out! The fun starts Sunday in […]

It’s a weird feeling, having someone in power agree with you.
Last month, the Federal Communications Commission announced its first-ever fines for fake TV news. The fines aren’t large — especially for a major corporation like Comcast — but they represent a major challenge for the public relations and broadcast industries. A federal regulator […]

Event Announcement from Women In Media & News:
On Friday, October 26 from 2:15 - 3:45, WIMN’s Executive Director, Jennifer L. Pozner, will be speaking about the impact of news media on the continued perpetuation of violence against women in America, at the Urban Resource Institute’s second annual anti-domestic violence conference.
“Unlocking the Secrets: Acquiring the […]

I have an article out on Alternet today that may be of interest to WIMN readers on how women’s mass media magazines (you know, the ones on the magazine rack at the grocery store) cover breast cancer and (don’t) cover domestic violence. You can check it out here.

As always, if you have journalism/media/communications jobs, let us know and we’ll post them here on WIMN’s Voices in the “journalism jobs” category.
Company: AlterNet.org
Job Title: Director of Technology
AlterNet.org, the Webby Award-winning national on-line magazine of news and culture with over 2 million unique visitors per month, seeks a Director of Technology to oversee the development, […]

[Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four, Part Five.]
Welcome to Part Six in my ongoing series, How Odd!, devoted to aggravated grumbling about the wire services’ insistence on trivializing women’s lives, actions, experiences, and issues by categorizing as “Odd News” stories about the mistreatment of women, or stories about women that aren’t “odd” in […]

The cover of the October 29 issue of Newsweek has two headlines, side by side that illustrate with unfortunate perfection the frame we are given when it comes to whether or not to vote for a woman. The first headline reads “Hillary’s Secrets” (remember this is Newsweek, not the National Inquirer) and right next […]