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WMC Board Chair, Janet Dewart Bell, has been honored as a 2024 Sheroe in Media by the Multicultural Media & Correspondents Association. “The MMCA is grateful to honor these amazing Sheroes. They work to ensure equity in the media so that BIPOC stories are seen and heard and to empower people of color and women in the media. Their tremendous work is inspiring, and we are overjoyed to acknowledge their accomplishments,” said Olga Lucia Torres, chair of MMCA's board of trustees.
Congratulations to Women's Media Center board Chair, Janet Dewart Bell, for being honored by the Multicultural Media and Correspondent’s Association as a Sheroe in Media. The awards reception to honor the 2024 Sheroes in Media will be held at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, on Thursday, March 28, 2024.
Women made modest year-to-year gains in the non-acting nominations for the 2024 Academy Awards with 32% going to women, matching the previous high set in 2021. Even with an all-time high for women, men still overwhelmingly dominate with 68%, according to a new Women’s Media Center report.
A new book, “Blackbirds Singing,” offers a collection of speeches and quotations from African American women who have fought back against their words being distorted, trivialized, and ignored.
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.
Women made no progress in non-acting Primetime Emmy Award nominations in 2023, and in the typically male-dominated categories, things are getting worse for women, according to the latest Women’s Media Center analysis.
Actor/activist Mariska Hargitay, CNN news anchor Fredricka Whitfield, IndiJ Public Media president/CEO Karen Lincoln Michel, disability rights activist/author Emily Ladau, cultural critic/English professor Koritha Mitchell, and Global Justice Center president Akila Radhakrishnan were honored as “champions for women.”
New York, New York — THE WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER hosted their 2023 WOMEN’S MEDIA AWARDS on October 19th at the Whitby Hotel in New York City. The WMC AWARDS were presented to outstanding leaders and champions for women in media. This year’s WMC 2023 Women’s Media Awards honorees were: Mariska Hargitay, Fredricka Whitfield, Karen Lincoln Michel, Emily Ladau, Koritha Mitchell, and Akila Radhakrishnan.
THE WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER hosted their 2023 WOMEN’S MEDIA AWARDS on October 19th at the Whitby Hotel in New York City. The WMC AWARDS were presented to outstanding leaders and champions for women in media. This year’s WMC 2023 Women’s Media Awards honorees were: Mariska Hargitay, Fredricka Whitfield, Karen Lincoln Michel, Emily Ladau, Koritha Mitchell, and Akila Radhakrishnan.
Men have received 78% of non-acting Oscar nominations over the past 17 years and women 22%, according to an analysis by the Women’s Media Center. The report, “WMC Investigation: 17-Year Analysis of Gender & Non-Acting Academy Award Nominations,” concludes that there have been modest improvements in female representation from 2007 to 2023 but also that progress has been slow and uneven.
The WMC AWARDS were presented to outstanding leaders and champions for women in media. This year’s WMC 2022 Women’s Media Awards honorees were: Andrea Mitchell, Robin Roberts, Mariana Ardila Trujillo, Loretta J. Ross, Salamishah Tillet, Loreen Arbus, and Maria Martinez.
Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan, and Gloria Steinem — the Co-Founders of The WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER — announce the honorees for the 2022 Women’s Media Awards, to be held on Thursday, November 17th, at the Mandarin Oriental in New York City. The 2022 Women’s Media Awards honorees are: Andrea Mitchell, Robin Roberts, Mariana Ardila Trujillo, Loretta J. Ross, and Salamishah Tillet, Loreen Arbus, Maria Martinez
Gender parity remains elusive in non-acting Primetime Emmy Award nominations, with men capturing 67% of this year’s slots compared to 33% for women, whose numbers barely increased, according to the latest Women’s Media Center analysis.
Female representation dropped overall this year in the nominations for 18 non-acting categories for the 94th Academy Awards, according to a Women’s Media Center analysis.
Women's Media Center Co-Founders Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan, and Gloria Steinem, announced today that the Women's Media Center will host the first-ever WMC Exceptional Journalism Awards, recognizing outstanding journalism by diverse women storytellers. The virtual event will take place on Thursday, December 16th.
WMC’s “The Status of Women in the U.S. Media 2021” report draws data from 110 studies that together show the standing of women across all media, including legacy and digital news platforms, film, television, radio, technology, literature, and more.
Gender inequality in America’s newsrooms continues across all media platforms as men overall receive 57% of news bylines and credits and women 41%, according to the Women’s Media Center’s latest report, “Divided 2021: The Media Gender Gap.” Two percent were not ascertained.
Gender inequality in America’s newsrooms continues across all media platforms as men overall receive 65% of news bylines and credits and women 34%, according to the Women’s Media Center’s latest “Divided 2021: The Media Gender Gap.”
In celebration of National Dictionary Day, the Women’s Media Center today launched a new online resource and media channel, Unspinning the Spin: The Women’s Media Center Guide to Fair and Accurate Language. Written by Rosalie Maggio.
More than two-thirds of the guests on five prominent Sunday morning TV news shows in 2020 were men and most of those guests were White men, according to new report on gender and race representation released by the Women’s Media Center.
The number of women nominated for non-acting Primetime Emmys in 2021 decreased by three percentage points compared to 2020, according to a Women’s Media Center (WMC) analysis.
Despite women making history in the top categories at the Oscars, the number of female nominees in the 18 non-acting categories increased by only two percentage points this year, according to a Women’s Media Center analysis.
Women’s Media Center Board Chair Janet Dewart Bell, had this to say about the recognition: “Julie Burton’s vision and tenacity to diversify the media landscape are extraordinary and transformative,” she said. “Under her leadership, the Women’s Media Center strives to foster a more inclusive, representative media — one that truly reflects the wonderful stories and voices of a multicultural society.”