It was always a pleasure seeing Katharine Whitehorn at journalism events, especially on dark cold winter evenings when we all thought twice about venturing out. As a trailblazing journalist Kath wore her celebrity lightly and was keen to discuss current issues and of course look for copy for her next column. I can’t remember [...]
How do we manage to do it all? Working remotely, trying to home-school young children or cope with teenagers or young adults who would much prefer to be at university or out with their mates. Then there are those of us at home alone, trying to get motivated but struggling mentally with feeling lonely and [...]
Bridget Rowe, former Editor of the Sunday Mirror, Sunday People and TV Times has died. After a series of brain seizures, she was admitted to hospital on Boxing Day where she developed Covid-19 and passed away on Tuesday aged 70. Bridget worked for a succession of magazines: 19, Petticoat, Club, Look Now and Woman's World, before becoming Assistant Editor of The Sun, then [...]
Women in Journalism chair Eleanor Mills pays tribute to a pioneering female journalist - and family friend I first met Katharine Whitehorn at family parties - she was a great friend of my aunt Barbara Mills's sister, Sheila. She'd be clad in a silk shirt, drinking gin and had the most fantastic gravelly voice, posher [...]
Last year I offered free coaching as lockdown began. Generally speaking working for free is not usually recommended as a great career move; after all, if you put a nil value on what you offer why would anyone else value it? Well, yes, but value is not all about money, is it? Surely we all discovered [...]
Series of bespoke workshops Where : ZOOM Time : 6 - 7pm Tickets: Members £7.50 and non members £12.50 ( includes EB fee) Workshops have a maximum of 30 places per session ********************************************* Tuesday 23rd February : How to land your dream commission - How to successfully target a publication you want to write for [...]
Joining our fabulous line up of guest speakers - we are delighted to welcome Emma to our line up of 2021 events. Emma is the latest to take part in this series. Previous speakers have included BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg, Guardian editor-in-chief Katharine Viner, BBC news presenter and reporter Mishal Husain; Channel 4 Presenter Cathy Newman and Roula Khalaf, [...]
By Laura Whitcombe, WiJ Committee Member & Freelance Journalist In this second instalment of Women in Journalism’s new Editor Under the Spotlight series, Josephine Forster, editor of the Daily Mail’s Femail Magazine talks about what it’s like working for the number one selling national newspaper – it knocked The Sun off the top spot in June [...]
"For more than 80 years, No7 has given women the support and encouragement to take on crucial moments in their lives with confidence and self-belief, being allies of unstoppable women everywhere. That’s why we are so proud to be sponsoring Women in Journalism’s Christmas celebrations, an organisation whose beliefs in supporting women so closely mirrors [...]
Pandemic or not, stepping in as a fresh face into journalism has always offered curveballs. After all, switching professions has always been a daunting process, and for some, it’s not always a choice. However, since this year has thrown a global pandemic into the mix, the confidence of potential future journalists even further. Yet while [...]
