Articles

Reporting on War, Listening to Women

An Indonesian journalist argues that women have a ‘psychological map’ of war.

Women, War and the Media

In October, Indian author and journalist Ammu Joseph presented a lecture on covering gender to students at the Asian College of Journalism in Chennai, India. An essay, based in part…

Between the Rhetoric of Equality and the Harsh Reality

In Latin America, women journalists share experiences to find a way forward.

Watchdog Journalism: An Instrument of Democracy

In his introduction to the Nieman Foundation Watchdog Conference held at Harvard University in September, Curator Bob Giles described how and why the Watchdog project was created. He invited Murrey…

Winter 2001: Women and Journalism Introduction

In an excerpt Niemen Reports published from a book about gender and journalism, Margaret Gallagher wrote in 2001: “Wherever one looks in the world, women still have relatively little decision-making…

In Poland, Women Run the Largest News Organization

But critics contend that coverage of women’s news is ‘unpredictable and ignores many key issues.’

Women Bring a Certain Look and Feeling to News

A South American journalist believes stories women cover best are what the public now wants.

Images of a Shattered City

‘…you can feel the energy and the horror and a sense of history washing over you at once.’

Using Graphics to Tell Stories

‘[O]nline graphics add other dimensions to the stories we report….’

‘Who Makes the News?’

The Global Media Monitoring Project 2000 finds great disparities in news coverage of men and women.