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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WMC SheSource has over 1,600 women experts who we connect to journalists, bookers and producers looking for a source. Find a SheSource Expert Now. For more information about WMC SheSource email: shesource@womensmediacenter.com
If you’re looking for experts on a particular topic, SheSource, a database maintained by the Women’s Media Center, offers excellent lists of women who tend to be active on social media.
But for those keeping track, there is much work still to be done. “At this rate, it will take decades for women to reach parity behind the scenes,” Julie Burton, president and CEO of the Women’s Media Center, said in a release on their own study of the matter. “[W]hile women, who are more than half of the population, are producing extraordinary work, they too often are not nominated for these coveted awards which translate into power and opportunity in Hollywood.”
WMC’s “Women of Color in U.S. News Leadership 2023” focuses on women in legacy print and broadcast news as well as the fast-growing digital news sphere and details their approaches for creating more inclusive newsrooms, expanding definitions of news, attracting new audiences, and, consequently, increasing the bottom line.
A new Women’s Media Center report spotlights 20 history-making women of color news executives, their landmark achievements, and workplace inclusion strategies at a time when diversity in the journalism industry faces resistance.
We include in this site written, audio and video content covering a wide range of topics, some of which was created and produced as part of the tour for the new book, 50 YEARS OF Ms. We gratefully acknowledge the many advocates, activists, writers, and leaders who have been part of that journey—as well as the extraordinary nonprofit and membership newsrooms, hubs, and sites whose work inspires us (among them, our colleagues at Rewire News Group, The 19th*, Women’s Media Center, The Coalition For Women In Journalism, Abortion Every Day, The Meteor and DAME).
CNN Weekend Edition Anchor Fredricka Whitfield has a lot to be proud of. As the 2023 Women’s Media Center‘s Pat Mitchell Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Whitfield’s three-plus decades as a radio and television journalist have included stints in Charleston, New Haven, Dallas, Miami and Atlanta, where she has covered both domestic and international issues.
The Associated Press covers the Women's Media Awards at the Whitby Hotel in New York.
Mariska Hargitay accepts "Sisterhood is Powerful" Award at Women's Media Awards in New York.
Mariska Hargitay and Jane Fonda looked stylish as ever at the Women's Media Awards, held at The Whitby Hotel in New York on Thursday.
Mariska Hargitay and Jane Fonda were nothing short of stunning during a recent red carpet event. The two were present at the 2023 Women's Media Awards, presented by the Women's Media Center at The Whitby Hotel in New York City on Oct. 19, where they grasped hands as they smiled for the cameras together.
Mariska Hargitay paid homage to her late mother, Jayne Mansfield, in a touching way. Hargitay was honored with the Sisterhood Is Powerful Award at the 2023 Women’s Media Center Awards on Oct. 19.
EXTRA interviews "Sisterhood is Powerful" award honoree Mariska Hargitay on the red carpet of the Women's Media Center 2023 Women's Media Awards on October 19, 2023.
Mariska Hargitay chats with ET at the WMC Women's Media Awards in New York City on Thursday. The actress, who was honored with the WMC Sisterhood Is Powerful Award, opens up about why being recognized by those that have influenced her most is so meaningful. Plus, she praises Taylor Swift while sharing details about taking her 12-year-old daughter, Amaya, to the pop star's 'Eras' tour.
Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan, Gloria Steinem Announce the Honorees for the 2023 Women's Media Awards
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