The Women's Media Center works to make women visible and powerful in the media. Led by our president, Julie Burton, the WMC works with the media to ensure that women’s stories are told and women’s voices are heard.
We are directly engaged with the media at all levels to ensure that a diverse group of women is present in newsrooms, on air, in print and online, in film, entertainment, and theater, as sources and subjects.
The Women’s Media Center was founded in 2005 as a nonprofit progressive women's media organization by Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan, and Gloria Steinem.
This Women’s Media Center press kit contains approved WMC images, logos and biographies for reporters, editors, producers and bookers.
For additional information, please contact Cristal Williams Chancellor, director of communications, cristal@womensmediacenter.com or 202-270-8539 or mediarelations@womensmediacenter.com.
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Women’s Media Center co-founder Gloria Steinem — journalist, author, activist, and feminist organizer — celebrates her 85th birthday today [March 25].
The Women’s Media Center is commemorating this happy occasion by posting short birthday greetings from over 85 artists, journalists, activists, and many life-long friends from around the globe expressing what the women’s rights pioneer has meant to them and to the feminist movement. Many conjure up an experience or memory that exemplifies Steinem, or a personal insight about the impact she has had.
Women’s Media Center Releases 2019 Status of Women in U.S. Media Report:
Men dominate news, entertainment and digital media
94 studies — including new research from WMC — detail the shape and scope of women’s participation in media
The Women’s Media Center’s Investigation 2019: Gender and Non-Acting Oscar Nominations finds that women are, again, missing from the picture. No women were nominated in Directing, Cinematography, Editing, Original Score, and Visual Effects, and only one woman was nominated in Animated Feature film and in each of the two writing categories.
A Women’s Media Center investigation of who provides coverage for 28 top news outlets shows that male journalists continue to report most news, especially for wires and TV prime-time evening broadcasts.
Overall, men produce 63 percent of the analyzed reports while women produce 37 percent.
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) joins the Women’s Media Center Board of Directors and will give closing remarks at WMC 2018 Women’s Media Awards on Nov. 1st in New York City.
The WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER announces our host and honorees for the 2018 WOMEN’S MEDIA AWARDS, to be held on November 1st, at Capitale in New York City.
WMC AWARDS will be presented to outstanding leaders and champions for women in media, including Lisa Borders, Abigail Disney, Fatima Goss Graves, Cindy Holland, Maria Teresa Kumar, and Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal.
Study from BBCAmerica and Women's Media Center highlights that girls believe there are not enough female role models or strong, relatable female characters in media. Female sci-fi and superhero characters help bridge confidence gap.
A year following revelations in The New York Times about decades of allegations against movie producer Harvey Weinstein, the #MeToo movement has led to a significant change in the way media covers stories about sexual assault and harassment, a new report from the Women’s Media Center shows.
Men received 70 percent of the non-acting nominations in the 2018 Primetime Emmy Awards, according to a new report published by the Women’s Media Center.
BBC AMERICA and WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER have entered into a strategic alliance, with the goal of expanding both the diversity and representation of women in media.
Record numbers of women are running for office at the state, federal and local levels. At 11:00 am on July 25 at the Newseum, an esteemed panel of experts on elections, gender, and race will discuss what has led to this surge of women candidates and what impact having more women on the ballot will have on the election.
Fifty years after the Kerner Commission criticized the news media for not sufficiently covering race issues, a new special report shows that women of color continue to be underrepresented in U.S. newsrooms and face multiple challenges in achieving equality in hiring and promotions.
A new study finds the number of women Oscar nominees grew only slightly in Academy Awards given for non-acting categories this year — despite a concerted push by women and their allies to achieve greater representation for females in all parts of the film industry. Men represent 77 percent of the nominees for behind-the-scenes roles, according to a report by the Women’s Media Center.
Twelve Congolese militiamen who raped nearly 50 young girls were convicted Wednesday in a historic and precedent-setting trial in Democratic Republic of Congo. One was a Member of Parliament who masterminded this mass crime. Key to this unique victory was the investigative work of Lauren Wolfe, director of Women Under Siege, a program of the Women’s Media Center.