Joining our fabulous line up of guest speakers - we are delighted to welcome Charlene White, ITV News presenter and regular panelist on Loose Women. Charlene will talk to Eleanor Mills, Honorary WiJ committee member and founder of NOON. Charlene is the latest to take part in this series. Previous speakers have included BBC political [...]
Thanks very much to our panel of expert local journalists from around the country. You can watch the recording above, or read our summary below of their excellent top tips for thriving in regional journalism. Chair: Laura Collins, WiJ committee member and editor of the Yorkshire Evening Post. Panel: Maria Breslin, editor of the Liverpool [...]
Starting the conversation is the toughest part but as a society we need to start tackling the taboo about early miscarriage. Today I share my personal story. Grief is a very complex and challenging emotion. It is a dark sadness that looms over us as we try to comprehend the loss of someone very close [...]
Tara received a £240 fee for successfully pitching a first-person piece to ELLE Magazine editor-in-chief Farrah Storr for the title’s anonymous digital series Secret Lives of Women. For obvious reasons we are not able to reveal the story that Tara wrote, but recent articles in the series have included secrets as diverse as 'I'm Well-Paid, But I Steal Hundreds Of [...]
Off The Record is a journalism newsletter which comes out every Thursday afternoon. Each week we’ll tell you what events are coming up which might tickle your fancy, include a brief review of the best journalism podcasts that week so you don’t have to listen to the rubbish ones and, more importantly, report on who’s [...]
The level of online abuse, editorial, ethnic, age and gender discrimination, as well as increased domestic chores loaded on female journalists during the pandemic, are just a few of the areas that a major survey launched this week by Women In Journalism will be investigating. The survey sent out WIJ’s 900+ members and to 30,000 subscribers [...]
Women in Journalism (WIJ) is looking for a student journalist, or a young journalist starting out on her career, to write regular profiles of women “hero” journalists jailed or under attack for their journalism somewhere in the world. This is an important role highlighting the many female journalists struggling to get their stories heard despite [...]
We would like to inform you about a new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on safety of women journalists being launched on World Press Freedom Day (May 3rd). Titled “How to Report Safely: A Guide for Women Journalists and their Allies”, and created through a partnership involving UNESCO, the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) and Knight [...]
theVOV is the new way to experience culture together all on one centralised platform. Using XR technology, you can experience landmark exhibitions from museums and galleries, explore behind the scenes content, watch live artist tours of the digital spaces, pose questions to directors and curators, rediscover your favourite artworks in high definition, and watch on [...]
Journalist Elizabeth Mistry will explore the risks to journalists as they do their job in Mexico. May 3rd 2021 is World Press Freedom Day. To mark the occasion, Elizabeth Mistry will take us on a whirlwind tour through the history of modern journalism in Mexico and focus on the ongoing challenges facing those in the [...]
