Judy Woodruff, a member of the IWMF board of directors and chair of the Courage in Journalism Awards, was honored by Duke University’s alumni association with a Distinguished Alumni Award. The award, presented in October in North Carolina, recognizes alumni "who have made significant contributions in their own fields, in service to the university, or for the betterment of humanity." Read more on the Duke magazine Web site.

Known as a fearless reporter and advocate for women, Jila Baniyaghoob has been imprisoned in Iran four times. Her most recent arrest was in June following election protests.

By Peggy Simpson Amira Hass says she is not an expert on Palestinians but on the Israeli occupation of Palestine. Hass, recipient of the 2009 Lifeti...

By Lindsey Wray ‘Shhh. Be quiet so we can listen.’ This is what Agnes Taile remembers hearing each afternoon as a little girl in Cameroon when her f...

By Peggy Simpson Jila Baniyaghoob became a journalist in 1979, at age 11, when she published a short story about children and poverty in Keyhan, a ma...

By Peggy Simpson By 1996 Iryna Khalip’s hope  for a free media in a free Belarus had been dashed, and she faced growing harassment by state security....

Please join Marvin Kalb and this year’s award winners for

“An Evening Honoring Courage in Journalism”

Monday, October 26, 7:00 PM

The National Press Club

 

Presented by the International Women’s Media Foundation

in association with

The George Washington University Global Media Institute and

The National Press Club.

IWMF co-founder and Advisory Council member Barbara Cochran will be honored Oct. 1 with the Giants of Broadcasting Award from the Library of American Broadcasting.

IWMF co-founder and Advisory Council member Barbara Cochran served for 12 years as president of the Radio-Television News Directors Association, the world’s largest professional organization of journalists working in television, radio, online and other electronic media. She retired in June 2009.

The IWMF will hold a Media Social next week in New York for women journalists to meet and network with one another. The event will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 5 at Americas Society.

Peggy White, IWMF board member and publisher of Double X, will speak about how to navigate a swiftly changing media landscape and what the future of journalism could look like.

For details or to RSVP, please contact Alexandra Rankin Macgill.

Eritrea has the least freedom the press in the world, according to an index by Reporters Without Borders. The index measures the level of press freedom in 173 countries. Read more on the RSF Web site.

The Knight Digital Media Center at the University of California-Berkeley is accepting applications for Web 2.0 workshops. Intended for mid-career journalists, the workshops will be held Dec. 14-18, 2009, and Feb. 22-26, 2010. Fellowships are available but do not include the cost of travel. Read more or apply.

Getty Images is seeking applications for its Grants for Editorial Photography. Each award provides $20,000, plus editorial, logistical, and promotional support. Visit the Getty Web site for details or to apply.

Margaret Moth, a 1992 IWMF Courage in Journalism Award winner, was featured recently in a CNN documentary. Moth began her journalism career in her native New Zealand and joined CNN in 1990. She was struck by a sniper’s bullet while filming in Sarajevo. Watch the CNN video.

Barbara Barnett is the regional coordinator for North America (United States) for the IWMF Global Report on Women in the News Media. She shares her thoughts on the project.