WMC Daily News Brief: Susan Zirinsky, Kirsten Gillibrand, Iraq
January 28, 2009
1/28/09
NY Observer: In recent years, Susan Zirinsky has somewhat improbably transformed her 48 Hours team of editors and producers into a kind of all-purpose production boutique that is constantly moonlighting projects for CBS media partners outside the news division.
Welcomed In Washington, Scrutinized Back Home
1/28/09
NY Times: Even as Kirsten E. Gillibrand stepped into the well of the United States Senate, put her hand on the Bible and listened as Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. administered the oath of office, opposition to her appointment bubbled and swelled in New York.
For Iraqi Journalists, Free Press Vs. Free Land
1/28/09
NY Times: At a recent meeting with the Iraqi journalists' union, Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki made a pledge that would have scandalized the Iraqis' American counterparts: the government would give plots of land to thousands of journalists, for a nominal price or possibly even free.
1/28/09
NY Times: Today, we are dangerously close to having a government without newspapers. American newspapers shoulder the burden of considerable indebtedness with little cash on hand, as their profit margins have diminished or disappeared.
Is There Life After Newspapers?
1/28/09
American Journalism Review: Thousands upon thousands of newspaper journalists have lost their jobs in recent years in endless rounds of layoffs and buyouts. What happens in the next act?
Self-Publishers Flourish As Writers Pay The Tab
1/28/09
NY Times: The point may soon come when there are more people who want to write books than there are people who want to read them.
Attackers Disrupt Liberal Radio Show In Serbia
1/28/09
AP via Boston Globe: Attackers have disrupted the broadcasts of a popular liberal radio show critical of Serb nationalism and hacked into its Web site, its editor said Wednesday.
1/27/09
RH Reality Check: Yesterday, the Republicans, accompanied by a sadly uninformed media, led a frenzied bitch fest over the inclusion of a family planning provision in the Democrats' stimulus package.
Congress Relaxes Rules On Suits Over Pay Inequity
1/28/09
NY Times: Congress gave final approval on Tuesday to a civil rights bill providing women, blacks and Hispanics with powerful new tools to challenge pay discrimination in the workplace. It is likely to be the first significant legislation signed by President Obama.
1/28/09
NY Times: With more jobs being lost all the time across the board - more than 71,000 layoffs in the United States were announced on Monday and Tuesday alone - there should be comfort in the fact that one sector, health care, continues to add jobs. In December, employers added 32,000 health-related positions.
1/27/09
NY Times: Congress has given a significant boost to civil rights by approving legislation to overturn a notorious 2007 Supreme Court decision that made it much harder for employees to challenge unlawful pay discrimination based on gender, race, age and disability.
1/28/09
Politico.com: Jill Biden returned to teaching today as an adjunct professor at Northern Virginia Community College, her office announced. Biden is one of the few second ladies in history to work at a paid job while her husband was in office.
AIDS Advocates Call For Open Process For Global AIDS Administrator
1/28/09
RH Reality Check: Concerned about the next phase of leadership on US Global AIDS programs, representatives of the global AIDS community are calling on the Obama Administration to establish an open process to determine who gets appointed as the next Global AIDS Coordinator.
Three Steps To Women's Fair Share Of The Recovery
1/28/09
Women's eNews: The economic rescue plan must be bigger and more tailored to women says Susan Feiner. She speaks on behalf of a new group of economists, historians and other feminist scholars called W.E.A.V.E., or Women's Equality Adds Value to the Economy.
Union Women Eager For Solis To Start Her Work
1/27/09
Women's eNews: Women's labor advocates expect the new nominated labor secretary, Hilda Solis, to champion occupational safety, minimum-wage enforcement and women's efforts to organize themselves for collective bargaining.
Iceland To Appoint First Openly Gay Woman As PM
1/28/09
Washington Post: Iceland is set to appoint the world's first openly gay woman as interim prime minister _ a former flight attendant who rose through the political ranks to become a cabinet minister.
1/28/09
BBC: Somalia's Islamist group, al-Shabab, has taken over the city of Baidoa, one of the last strongholds of the transitional government and the seat of parliament. Marian Zeila, chairperson of the Somali Media Women's Association, based in the city, give her views on the takeover.
Burkina Faso: Cutters Turn Razors On Babies To Avoid FGM/C Law
1/27/09
IRIN via AllAfrica.com: Women performing excisions in Burkina Faso are cutting babies instead of young girls to escape increased scrutiny, according to the government and organisations fighting female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C).
Kerala's Muslim Women Battle Indiscriminate Talaq
1/27/09
Women's Feature Service via News Blaze (India): The recent Supreme Court directive to constitute a committee to control polygamy among the Muslim community and to restrain the use of the provision of 'talaq' (Islamic term for divorce) has sent shock waves through the community in Kerala.
Woman To Appear On Skorean Banknote For 1st Time
1/27/09
AP via Washington Post: A woman will appear on South Korean banknotes for the first time, with the issuance of a new 50,000-won ($36) bill, the central bank announced Tuesday.
Birth Control For Men: Coming Soon?
1/28/09
RH Reality Check: Safe, convenient, reversible contraception allows women and men worldwide to plan their families and ensure that they are ready to nurture and provide for the children they parent. So why are so few male contraceptive methods available?
Some Heart Failure Meds May Raise Fracture Risk In Women
1/27/09
HealthDay News via Washington Post: The short-term use of heart failure drugs called loop diuretics does not appear to increase the risk of fractures in postmenopausal women, a new study finds, but their effect over the long term is less clear.
An Evening In Black And White From A Playwright Who Is Neither
1/28/09
NY Times: Many playwrights dread sitting among their audiences: Nothing is quite as soul-killing as overhearing people savage your work in midperformance. But not Young Jean Lee.
Dementieva Beats Opponent And Heat To Make Semis
1/28/09
Reuters via Washington Post: Russia's Elena Dementieva battled her way through brutal conditions to beat unseeded Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro 6-2 6-2 in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open Wednesday.
Comments