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This article presents information on several feminist agendas including reproductive rights, health care, violence against women, poverty, global affairs and more in the U.S. The author reports that the election in the country was the end of the American left's failure to prioritize not only the systematic sidelining of the voices of women, people of color, labor and other public interest representatives in media but also structural and institutional biases within the mass media industry that includes deregulation, corporate consolidation, advertising and economic pressures and access and distribution issues. He refers to the book "Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women," by journalist Susan Faludi. It provided details as to how the religious right used the mainstream media to disrepute feminism through a coup by euphemism, in which repressive, regressive opposition to women's reproductive rights, sexual freedom and women's mass entry into the workplace was relabeled pro-life, pro-motherhood and pro-family.

Discusses the excellent reporting by women journalists in the U.S. Prejudice against newspaperwomen; Remarks of male newspaper editors on newspaperwomen; Background of the work of Nellie Bly and Ishbel Ross.

The article discusses the decrease in number of journalists and newswomen in the U.S., as shown in a study by Professor David Weaver of the Indiana University School of Journalism. According Weaver, there has been a decreasing percentage of women involved in the journalism field as most of them considered themselves liberal Democrats. This accounted from the persistent change of values and ethics among these people associated with technological and workplace environmental changes.

Profiles American journalist, Caitlin Flanagan. Career history of Flanagan; Periodicals where Flanagan wrote; Topics discussed by the journalist in her articles; Reasons behind Flanagan's reputation as provocatrice; Family background; Views about feminism.

Focuses on the pervasive phenomenon of anchorwoman stalking in the U.S. Disadvantages of being a female television news anchor; Description of a typical stalker of an anchorwoman; Analysis of the psychopathology in stalkers.

The author focuses on American women in the decade of 2000-2009. She mentions women in politics, including Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. She looks at women in the workforce and wages for women. She discusses women in the media including network news program anchors Katie Couric and Diane Sawyer.

This article presents an interview with Marlene Sanders, the first woman to become vice-president of ABC News. Sanders was also the first woman to anchor an evening television newscast and one of the first women to report from Vietnam. Indeed much of her career in TV involved breaking new ground--either as a journalist probing the limits of a medium that was still in its infancy or as a woman seeking to advance the image and opportunities of women in TV news. Sanders' first job in the mid-1950s, was as production assistant and writer on the TV program Mike Wallace and the News, and her career was linked to Wallace's for many years after that. In 1962, when a New York newspaper strike induced local stations to step up their news coverage, Sanders' employer, WNEW-TV, put her on the air as a reporter. She went to ABC News and hosted a daily news program, News With a Woman's Touch. She covered the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and in 1964 understudied for an ailing nighttime news anchor. She was the first woman to read the news on television in prime time. Sanders' book, Waiting for Prime Time, tells about the role of women in TV.

Discusses the decision by Susan Molinari to leave US Congress to become a host to a news program on the CBS network. The suggestion by Molinari that a newsreading job commands greater status that a majority seat in the Congress; Molinari's response to whether she is positioning herself to run for mayor, senator or governor; Comments from Molinari.

Presents a tribute to Katharine Graham, leader of the Washington Post Co., at age 84. Transformation of the Post Co. from a minor media player into a powerhouse; Role in changing how Americans thought about newspapers; Personal leadership; Business legacy.

Deals with the women in the top position of the broadcasting and cable industry. Reasons of top women for for leaving their position; Comments from women in the industry; How the hiring of women in the industry varies; Implications of the increase in population of women in the industry. INSETS: Women in B&C;Cable has more jobs for women, but not at the top;Consolidation make life tougher for women owners.

The article discusses the National Women and Media Collection (NWMC) at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri that is seeking to collect documents related to American women journalists and about women in the mass media. The collection is seeking to gather any materials, including electronic documents, that reporters could have and will sort, catalog, and maintain the collection. The collection contains materials from women journalists such as Tad Bartimus, Mary Paxton Keeley, and Theo Wilson. Vivian Vahlberg of the Friends of the NWMC discusses the import of the archival project and its goals.

Highlights the results of 'Media Report to Women' subscriber Martha Lauzen's analysis of television network scheduling practices and gender in the United States. Best opportunities for women characters and women creators and executive producers; Female characters on the weblets; Programs employing female creators.

Features CBS correspondent Marcia Kramer. Decision to shift to broadcasting; Instincts for writing a story that dates back to her career in newspapers; Academic background; Reaction to pervading resentment toward women reporters; Confidence in broadcasting skill. INSET: Kramer and her colleagues: A mutual admiration..

The author profiles the late Ethel Heins, a former editor at "Horn Book Magazine". The author details Heins' first article in the magazine, as well as her final contribution. The author also offers her opinion on Heins' attitude towards work and provides a brief history of Heins' career. Additional article topics include Heins' goals when she took over the editorship from her husband, as well as what she left behind after her death.

Profiles broadcast journalist Diane Sawyer. Entry of women broadcast journalists in television; Speculations on television anchorpersons' salaries; Viewers' identification of Diane Sawyer as a brand name; Peculiarities of Britain's sex-obsessed journalism.

Discusses issues of interest to women journalists in the U.S. as of March 1970. Action taken by the U.S. Women's Liberation Front against the press blackout on their activities in the fall of 1969; Discussion of the treatment of the women's liberation subject in a mass magazine; Views of newspaper women on the conflicts of loyalties to the media.

Focuses on the controversy among women writers and mass media companies over lesser percentage of women opinion-editorial (op-ed) columns contained in periodicals in the U.S. Figures representing the low percentage rate of women opinion writers; Lack of straight-forwarded opinion authors; Comments of some media executives about the issue.

Offers a discussion about whether women are under-represented in the U.S. and British press. Reference to an article written by University of Southern California law professor Susan Estrich, found in the "LA Times," in which she claims that only 10 percent of bylines in the comment sections of the serious U.S. press are women; Discussion of why women's opinions do not get equal voice in the national press; Question of why most female columnists in Great Britain are young and attractive while most male columnists are not.

The article reports on surveys that focuses on the relation of women with sports and mass media. The "Beacon Journal" republished a column by Betty Jaycox, ex-editor of the journal, about being barred from the press tent at the Professional Golfers' Association Championships because she was a woman. Forty-four years later Augusta National organization still holding out on admitting women to membership in the all-male golf club, the silliness of excluding women from any aspect of sports participation --including sports journalism remains real. A new three-nation study of primetime television soaps in India, Nepal and Bangladesh finds that more than 70% of the serials are set in affluent homes, with women spending 80% of their time within their four walls. The study, "Towards Empowerment," looked at 50 hours and 30 minutes of programming on satellite channels Zee TV, Star Plus and Sony, as well as 49 episodes broadcast on terrestrial channels. The study found that the setting for the majority of the serials was urban, upper class and affluent, with domestic/family space providing most of the backdrop. Surveys have found that there is no progress for women behind the scenes in Hollywood, California.

Focuses on the increase in African American women journalists in the U.S. Highlights of the launch of the Voices of Civil Rights Project in 2004; Information on several deceased and living African American women journalists; Summary of a cover story on Iraq written by a female journalist in the March/April 2004 issue of "The Crisis" magazine.

Reports on the creation of Bernice Coe Award by Oxygen Media with Multichannel News and Women in Cable & Telecommunication (WCIT) in the U.S. Recognition of women with leadership skills; Nomination of candidates by the senior-level executives; Selection of winners by the panel of judges from Oxygen, Multichannel News and WICT.

Reports on the results of VH1 executive Lauren Zalaznick's detailed analysis of 'The New York Times' newspaper's content and analysis. Coverage of women in the newspaper; Top professions for men and women; Differences in the subjects women and men wrote about.

Focuses on women in the mass media industry of the United States. Salary gap between the sexes; Percentage of women occupying the highest positions in mass media.

Presents the Radio-Television News Directors Association's October 1998 statistics on women and minority employment in broadcasting in the United States. Percentage of radio and television stations with women in the news staff; Decision of the United States Court of Appeals regarding the US Federal Communications Commission's rules on minority representation in radio and television.

Highlights the achievements of Katharine Graham in the United States newspaper publishing industry. Colleagues' recollections of Graham who died at age 84; Leadership of 'Washington Post'; Personal qualities.

Reports on the results of a study on women executives in media/entertainment companies in the United States conducted by University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg Public Policy Center. Percentage of women holding key positions; Divisions of the companies assigned to women; Decline in the number of women having 'clout titles.'

The article examines the status of women and minorities in investigative reporting in the U.S. It states that women have an edge in the field despite the dominance of men because of their exposure to social media. Meanwhile, minorities are said to have the worst situation in the industry in which they only comprised 12 percent of print-focused newsrooms and zero for online publications.

The article focuses on the career of woman broadcaster Nancy Dickerson. She wanted to get on the air and studied every move made by her male colleagues Edward R. Murrow, Eric Sevareid and Howard K. Smith. She covered five U.S. administrations, starting with former President Dwight D. Eisenhower. She was the first to speak with John F. Kennedy after he was inaugurated.

This article deals with the presence of women in the field of journalism in the U.S. The American Society of Newspaper Editors only began gathering data on women in the newsroom in 1999. In 2004, its members reported that the proportion of females had returned to the level tallied that year, about 37 percent, after a two-year decline. Women of color make up just 16 percent of those. Data collected by MediaTenor, an international content analysis company, studied sourcing in 2003, and found that U.S. news programs relegated women to stereotypical fields of expertise, such as health, society and human interest. Overall, international television news stories included women only 14 percent of the time. Similarly, in 2001, women made up just 15 percent of all sources on U.S. network news, and only 9 percent of professional and political voices. The missing female voices resound loudly in their absence. Journalists often seek men to be sources not out of a willful dismissal of the talents of women, psychologists and sociologists suggest, but because of our own unconscious tendencies. In an effort to understand these processes, one team of researchers designed the Implicit Association Test. In its first year-and-a-half of public use, they found that no matter what people said they believed about sex roles, the 600,000 men and women who took the test were far more likely to associate women with liberal arts subjects and men with technical ones.

Comments on the willingness of female TV news anchors and reporters in Los Angeles, California to go naked while delivering news. News anchors and reporters who posed for men's magazine; Example of broadcasting tradition that places grater emphasis on women's looks than on men's; Impact of the trend on the credibility of female anchors.

Discusses the careers of the 'Next Wave Women' of the U.S. media industry listed in the year 2001. Description of work profile of each of the women in the year 2002; Discussion on their achievements; Promotions given to some of the women executives.

Focuses on the proposal to increase employment for women and minorities in the broadcasting industry in the United States.

Reports several developments in the broadcasting industry in the United States as of September 2000. Views of Federal Communication Commission Commissioner Susan Ness on the performance of women in the media industry; Relocation of Washington law firm of Covington & Burling lawyer Kurt Wimmer; Replacement of Wimmer by Jon Blake, former corporate lawyer of CBS.