WMC Daily News Brief: Amanpour, Clinton, Pakistan

November 24, 2008

Amanpour To Anchor A Nightly Show On CNN International
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/24/business/media/24cnn.html
11/24/08
NY Times: In her 25 years at CNN, Christiane Amanpour has hopscotched the world, the very model of a foreign correspondent, but there is one thing she has never done: anchored her own daily news show.

Another Triumph For Clinton, Many Women Agree
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/22/us/politics/22clinton.html?scp=95&sq=November%2022,%202008&st=cse
11/22/08
NY Times: Hillary Rodham Clinton, a first lady turned senator turned almost-president, is now transforming herself again, this time into the nation’s top diplomat. But she is also back to a role she cannot seem to shake: a canvas for women’s highest hopes and deepest fears about the workplace.

RIGHTS-PAKISTAN: Helpless Against Honour Killings
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=44814
11/22/08
IPS: By appointing as cabinet ministers two politicians known for their anti-women views, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has stirred up a storm of protests from rights activists and prominent personalities.

Foundation Starts Health Policy News Service
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/24/business/media/24health.html?_r=1&ref=business
11/24/08
NY Times: Seeking to fill a niche left by the decline of the traditional news media, the Kaiser Family Foundation is starting a news service to produce in-depth coverage of the policy and politics of health care.

Conflicts Of Interest May Ensnare Journalists, Too
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/22/health/22journalists.html?_r=1&scp=19&sq=November%2022,%202008&st=cse
11/22/08
NY Times: Journalism awards consisting of cash prizes and all-expense-paid trips given out by drug companies are among the more “astonishing” financial ties between journalists and drug companies, the authors of a paper appearing in the online edition of the British medical journal DMJ said.

Reader’s Digest Pushes On In Weak Climate
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/24/business/media/24readers.html?ref=business
11/24/08
NY Times: Mary Berner has been a jolt to the system for this stodgiest of media companies since she became chief executive in a private equity takeover 20 months ago.

A New Sign Of Change At The Gates Of Harvard
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/22/us/22cambridge.html?scp=54&sq=November%2022,%202008&st=cse
11/22/08
NY Times: When word spread this week that Out of Town News, the landmark newsstand just outside Harvard’s gates, might close, the legions who love Harvard Square went numb.

Obama's Strategic Courtship Of Clinton
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2008/11/23/obamas_strategic_courtship_of_clinton/
11/23/08
Boston Globe: In the Obama-Clinton relationship, advisers say, the relatively smooth nature of their talks about the secretary of state job indicate that both, for now, have a working chemistry.

Napolitano: A Border-Law Enforcer In D.C.?
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-napolitano23-2008nov23,0,6596354.story
11/23/08
LA Times: The governor of Arizona, who has long complained about federal immigration law, is expected to be named Obama's secretary of Homeland Security.

An Old Hometown Mentor, Still At Obama’s Side
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/24/us/politics/24jarrett.html?ref=us
11/24/08
NY Times: If someone were to rank the long list of people who helped Barack and Michelle Obama get where they are today, Ms. Jarrett would be close to the top.

YWCA Survey Reveals Women's Priorities For Obama
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2008/11/23/ywca_survey_reveals_womens_priorities_for_obama/
11/23/08
Boston Globe: More than three-fourths of young women, those ages 18-29 and known as Generation Y, want incoming President Barack Obama to make civil rights and racial justice top priorities of his administration, a survey says.

Keeping Obama's Young Army Engaged
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-youth23-2008nov23,0,6095015.story
11/23/08
LA Times: Experts say factors that contributed to increasing youth turnout at the polls will be key to continuing this engagement as an election season fades into governance.

Obama Names Romer To Lead Council Of Economic Advisers
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/24/obama-names-romer-to-chair-council-of-economic-advisers/?ref=business
11/24/08
NY Times: President-elect Barack Obama will fill the last of four top economic jobs in his administration—chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers—with Christina Romer, an economist at the University of California at Berkeley.

From Home And Away, Advice For A First Lady
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/24/us/politics/24advice.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
11/24/08
NY Times: While Michelle Obama has publicly embraced her soon-to-be assumed role as first lady, many women remain deeply divided over whether she will become a pioneer or a dispiriting symbol of the limitations of modern working motherhood.

Despite Army’s Assurances, Violence At Home
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/23/us/23abuse.html?scp=1&sq=Violence%20on%20the%20Home%20Front&st=cse
11/23/08
NY Times: The Army says that the measures it has taken have been effective in curbing domestic violence. But advocates of victims of domestic violence say that among combat troops the violence has spiked in the past two years.

Secret Stash Betrays Take-Money-And-Run Psychology
http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm?aid=3831
11/24/08
Women's eNews: Women who survived abuse--or men with a gambling weakness--are among those who squirrel cash away from partners' sight in what a prominent therapist considers an unhealthy spirit of secrecy. But one woman with bad memories isn't changing her ways.

Unable To Sell Homes, Elderly Forgo Move To Assisted Living
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/22/us/22home.html?_r=1&scp=52&sq=November%2022,%202008&st=cse
11/22/08
NY Times: The housing crisis has kept thousands of older Americans who need support and care from moving into retirement communities or assisted-living centers, effectively stranding them in their own homes.

Girls And Boys Thrive In Separate Classrooms
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/11/23/girls_and_boys_thrive_in_separate_classrooms/
11/23/08
Boston Globe: There can be no question anymore: Evidence over decades demonstrates that single-sex education is a valid and compelling option.

Differences Should Not Drive A Curriculum
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/11/23/differences_should_not_drive_a_curriculum/
11/23/08
Boston Globe: Can single-sex classrooms be good classrooms? Sure, if they have the resources.

Plans For Gay-Friendly Chicago High School Nixed
http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2008-11-20-gay-high-school_N.htm
11/20/08
USA Today: Before a proposal to create Chicago's Social Justice High School: Pride Campus was refocused and eventually withdrawn this week, planners intended for it to become one of the country's only schools dedicated to gay students.

Socialists Probe Disputed Result
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7745432.stm
11/24/08
BBC: France's Socialists are investigating complaints about their leadership contest, after beaten candidate Segolene Royal refused to admit defeat.

POLITICS: Decentralisation, A Double-Edged Sword For Women
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=44826
11/24/08
IPS (Mexico City): Decentralised governments have often been presented as a formula for strengthening democracy and citizen participation, and giving women greater access to power. But experiences like that of Eufrosina Cruz show that this is not always true.

INDONESIA: Quota Ensures More Women Candidates In 2009 Polls
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=44822
11/24/08
IPS: Binny Buchori is one among a growing number of women are responding to election law, approved this year, requiring parties vying for the 550 seats to have 30 percent women candidates.

Kenya Farmers Reap Profits Sown By Joined Hands
http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm?aid=3830
11/23/08
Women's eNews: Efforts to improve agriculture in Kenya often miss the mark by targeting men instead of women. One woman spent 20 years organizing female farmers to share investments and training. Now men are joining too, and the women's work is paying off.

As Taboos Ease, Saudi Girl Group Dares To Rock
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/24/world/middleeast/24saudi.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
11/24/08
NY Times: In a country where women are not allowed to drive and rarely appear in public without their faces covered, Saudi Arabia’s first all-girl rock band, the Accolade, is very different.

Shin Hits The Jackpot At ADT, Beats Webb In LPGA Finale
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/lpga/2008-11-23-adt-championship_N.htm
11/23/08
USA Today: The most prolific winner in women's professional golf this year won the LPGA tour's richest prize Sunday in the season-ending ADT Championship.