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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 6, 2005
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For more information:
Erin Henk, (202) 496-1992
E-mail: ehenk@iwmf.org
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New IWMF Publication Looks at Trends and Challenges of Working in Media
Washington, DC – The International Women’s Media Foundation today announced the release of Voices of Women Media Leaders, a report that focuses on some of the major trends and challenges that affect women who work in the international news media.
The report builds on a panel the IWMF held in September 2003. Women executives from seven major news organizations, including the Associated Press, CBS News, National Public Radio, Knight Ridder Digital, Newsday, NBC and the Missouri School of Journalism, discussed major issues facing the news business. They were joined by an audience of some 40 women journalists, who participated in a Q and A session. The IWMF then interviewed international women journalists about the same issues discussed at the panel. The result is Voices of Women Media Leaders.
“By publishing Voices of Women Media Leaders, the IWMF seeks to encourage an ongoing discussion about the major issues facing the media today,” said IWMF co-chair Larry Olmstead of Knight Ridder. “The perspectives are those of some of the top women engaged in the profession around the world. In this way, we hope to add women’s voices to debate about the future of the media.”
Topics addressed in Voices of Women Media Leaders include the lack of training opportunities for journalists, diversity in newsrooms, the impact of technology on the news media, how to capture the youth audience and the difference in perception about international coverage between the U.S. and the rest of the world.
The IWMF was launched in 1990 with a mission to strengthen the role of women in the news media worldwide, based on the belief that no press is truly free unless women share an equal voice. The IWMF network includes more than 1,500 women and men in the media in more than 130 countries worldwide. The IWMF is celebrating its Fifteenth Anniversary Year in 2005.
For further information or to order a copy of Voices of Women Media Leaders, contact Erin Henk at the IWMF, (202) 496-1992, EHenk@iwmf.org. To read an online version of Voices of Women Media Leaders, go to http://iwmf.org/pub/p-8747/e-8751/.
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