Entries for February 2010
The International Women’s Media Foundation has three new members of its board of directors for 2010:
- Barbara Cochran, president emeritus of the Radio and Television News Directors Foundation.
- Katty Kay, Washington Correspondent for BBC World News America.
- Cynthia McFadden, co-anchor of ABC News’ Nightline.
Leading the IWMF board of directors as co-chairs are Barbara Cochran and CNN anchor Campbell Brown.
For immediate releaseFebruary 25, 2010
For more information, contact:Lindsey Wray(202) 496-1992LWray@iwmf.org
International Women’s Media Foundation...
The Bitter-Sweet Feelings of a Face-to-Face Meeting With BahmanFebruary 23, 2010by Jila BaniyaghoobBahman, an imprisoned journalist, has been in jail ...
IWMF Courage winner Jila Baniyaghoob's husband, Bahman Ahmadi Amoyee, was released from prison. Many other journalists remain imprisoned in Iran.
February 18, 2010
Ayatollah Sayed ‘Ali KhameneiThe Office of the Supreme LeaderIslamic Republic Street – End of Shahid Keshvar Doust Street, Tehran, ...
Judy Woodruff, a co-founder of the IWMF, talks about her role as a journalist and a board member of the IWMF. Woodruff, a PBS NewsHour anchor, is the chair of the IWMF Courage in Journalism Awards. See the MSNBC feature.
Barbara Cochran is the Curtis B. Hurley Chair of Public Affairs Journalism at the Missouri School of Journalism. She is also president emeritus of bot...
The IWMF is accepting applications for the 2010-2011 Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship from women journalists focusing on human rights and social justice. Application deadline is April 9.
The International Women’s Media Foundation is now accepting applications for the 2010-11 Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship, which is open to women journalists focusing on human rights and social justice.
Named for the 1998 IWMF Courage in Journalism Award winner and Boston Globe correspondent who was killed in Iraq in May 2003, the fellowship allows one woman journalist to spend an academic year in a tailored program with access to Boston-area universities as well as the Boston Globe and The New York Times.
Applications will be accepted until April 9, 2010, and the fellowship will run from September 2010 – May 2011.
For immediate releaseFebruary 5, 2010
For more information:Lindsey Wray(202) 496-1992LWray@iwmf.org
IWMF Accepting Applications for Elizabeth Neuffe...
Diane Sawyer, who began last month as anchor of ABC’s evening newscast, has already seen ratings rise by eight percent. Read more in the Los Angeles Times.
Teresa Rehman, an Indian journalist who participated in the December 2009 IWMF South Asia Initiative on Women and HIV/AIDS Policymaking, wrote about her experience in the program. Rehman is the principal correspondent for Tehelka Magazine in India. Read Rehman’s article.
Correspondent Julia Marsh covered the IWMF South Asia Initiative on Women and HIV/AIDS Policymaking for the Women’s eNews Web site. "Our real goal is to create a safe space where women from these countries could come together to address the HIV-AIDS epidemic," Leslie Wolfe, president of the Center for Women Policy Studies, told Marsh. Read the Women’s eNews article.