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Women’s Media CenterWomen’s Media Center Sign Up About Press Donate Menu Search Search Women’s Media Center Women’s Media Center Reports About The Women’s Media Center’s research and reports shed a light on the underrepresentation and misrepresentation of women in the media. More » Status of Women in the U.S. Media Reports and Research Infographics Categories Arts and culture Health Media Politics Back Status of Women in the U.S. Media Reports and Research Infographics News & Features About WMC News & Features offer original reporting and commentary on headline stories and underreported topics. More » Features     Categories Feminism International Media Politics Back Features Siege About WMC Women Under Siege investigates how sexualized violence is used as a weapon in conflict and beyond. 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It tells us who we are, and what we can be.What: WMC works toward media equality using interconnected strategies of research, original stories and articles, promotion of women experts and media training. WMC News & Features September 20, 2024 | Carla Hay | Media 2024 WMC Women’s Media Awards Recognize Leaders in Film, Television, Journalism, and Activism Women are diverse, complicated, powerful, and resilient in the ongoing fight for gender equality and other civil rights. And in this election year, the stakes seem be to higher than ever before. That was the general consensus in speeches and conversations at the 2024 Women’s Media Center Women’s Media Awards, which were presented on September 19 at the JW Marriott Essex House in New York City. WMC Reports September 11, 2024 Arts and culture, Media Women's Media Center 2024 Report: Gender & Non-Acting Emmy Nominations When it comes to progress for women nominees in non-acting categories, it’s business as usual for the Primetime Emmys: The total percentage of women who got nominations in non-acting categories has continued to stall at below 40% every year. Event  WOMEN'S MEDIA CENTER INVITES YOU TO THE WOMEN'S MEDIA AWARDS Thursday, September 19, 2024 I 6pm I Essex House I New York City Get your tickets HERE. WMC Events Black Women Speak for Freedom, Justice, and Democracy: Historical Perspectives By Dr. Janet Dewart Bell - WATCH HERE Watch Dr. Janet Dewart Bell's Juneteenth lecture "Black Women Speak for Freedom, Justice, and Democracy: Historical Perspectives". News  Net Neutrality is Back! #NetNeutrality is back! The @FCC just restored #NetNeutrality protections. This is a huge win that will ensure every single one of us has access and the opportunity to benefit from the free and open internet. The Women's Media Center joins hundreds of advocates in celebrating this move by the FCC and further our calls for the agency to reinstate all critical protections from the 2015 Open Internet Order, as well as adopt protections that take into account new technology and what we’ve learned since 2015. Gloria Steinem  Happy Birthday, Gloria! We count our blessings every day to benefit from Gloria Steinem's leadership, and today, on her 90th birthday, we reflect on everything we've learned and been gifted from her. Please join us in celebrating Gloria on her birthday!In sisterhood and with love, from all of us at WMC. WMC Reports February 29, 2024 Media WMC Investigation 2024: Gender and Non-Acting Oscar Nominations - Full Report Women made modest year-to-year gains in the non-acting nominations for the 2024 Academy Awards with 32% going to women, matching the previous high set in 2021. The increase can be largely attributed to more women nominees in the major categories of Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Editing, and in the below-the-line crafts categories of Best Makeup, Best Original Score, Best Production Design, Best Visual Effects, and Best Documentary Feature. But despite increases, the number of women recognized with Oscar nominations for these behind-the-camera roles continues to lag woefully behind that of men. Even with an all-time high of 32%, more than twice as many nominations — 68% — are going to men in the 18 non-acting categories. WMC Reports December 11, 2023 Media, Race/Ethnicity Women of Color in U.S. News Leadership 2023 The “Women of Color in U.S. News Leadership 2023” report spotlights 20 women of color top executives in media who are visible, powerful, and transformational. These dynamic women in television, print, digital, and radio now occupy a seat at the table in an industry long dominated by White men. They lead at a time when the need to grow audiences, increase the bottom line, and keep pace with a rapidly changing digital world gains urgency. Perhaps paramount to the ability to do all of this is creating newsrooms that are inclusive, diverse, and representative. They are working to ensure that the voices, experiences, and stories of everyone, especially women and people of color, are included in media. WMC Reports November 30, 2023 Media Women’s Media Center 2023 Report Gender & Non-Acting Primetime Emmy Nominations - Full Report For the annual Primetime Emmy Awards, the total numbers of women who get nominations in non-acting categories have continued to hit a proverbial “glass ceiling” of below 40% every year. The total numbers have not changed from the previous year: For the 2023 Primetime Emmy Award nominations, 33% of the non-acting nominees were women, the same percentage for the 2022 Primetime Emmy Awards. And in typically male-dominated categories, things are getting worse for women. WMC Press Releases October 20, 2023 | Mariska Hargitay, Fredricka Whitfield, Karen Lincoln Michel, Emily Ladau, Koritha Mitchell, Akila Radhakrishnan | Jane Fonda, Media, Robin Morgan The Women's Media Center 2023 Women's Media Awards Honor Mariska Hargitay, Fredricka Whitfield, Karen Lincoln Michel, Emily Ladau, Koritha Mitchell, Akila Radhakrishnan THE WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER hosted their 2023 WOMEN’S MEDIA AWARDS on October 19th at the Whitby Hotel in New York City. The WMC AWARDS were presented to outstanding leaders and champions for women in media. This year’s WMC 2023 Women’s Media Awards honorees were: Mariska Hargitay, Fredricka Whitfield, Karen Lincoln Michel, Emily Ladau, Koritha Mitchell, and Akila Radhakrishnan.   The TIME Earth Awards 2024: Congratulations WMC Co-Founder Jane Fonda Congratulations to Women's Media Center Co-Founder Jane Fonda who was honored by TIME magazine in recognition of her influential leadership in shaping a more sustainable future. Click to hear her acceptance speech. WMC Events Inaugural Lecture of the Beverly Wettenstein Women's History Lecture Series "Pocahontas Chic: Damaging Media Representations of Indigenous Women" By Dr. Cristina Azocar Tuesday, March 28 at 4:00pm. Westfield State University   Congratulations to WMC Board Chair Janet Dewart Bell WMC Board Chair, Janet Dewart Bell, has been honored as a 2024 Sheroe in Media by the Multicultural Media & Correspondents Association. “The MMCA is grateful to honor these amazing Sheroes. They work to ensure equity in the media so that BIPOC stories are seen and heard and to empower people of color and women in the media. Their tremendous work is inspiring, and we are overjoyed to acknowledge their accomplishments,” said Olga Lucia Torres, chair of MMCA's board of trustees.   Congratulations to WMC Board Member Regina K. Scully Congratulations to Women's Media Center board member Regina K. Scully who will be celebrated at the Women's Image Awards on February 21, 2024. Philanthropist and producer Regina K. Scully will accept The WIN Awards Humanitarian Honoree tribute: “I’m honored to receive the Humanitarian Award from Women’s Image Network. I’m a filmmaker who is also in the trauma recovery business. Storytelling changes our DNA. Films help transform the world. It’s especially timely, as the world needs stories that help heal. Our stories are a call to action; our primary mission has always been to enable filmmakers to tell stories that inspire and educate.” VIDEO  Women's Media Center Video Watch our video to see how the Women's Media Center is working to make women and girls more visible and powerful in media. Featuring graduates of the WMC Progressive Women's Voices media and leadership training. WMC Reports March 03, 2023 Media WMC Investigation: 17-Year Analysis of Gender & Non-Acting Academy Award Nominations — Full Report Men have received 78% of non-acting Oscar nominations over the past 17 years and women 22%, according to an analysis by the Women’s Media Center. The report, “WMC Investigation: 17-Year Analysis of Gender & Non-Acting Academy Award Nominations,” concludes that there have been modest improvements in female representation from 2007 to 2023 but also that progress has been slow and uneven. WMC Reports November 18, 2021 Media The Status of Women in the U.S. Media 2021 The Status of Women in the U.S. Media 2021 is comprised of 109 studies and reports, including original research by the Women’s Media Center and aggregated research from academia, industry and professional groups, labor unions, media watchdogs, newsrooms, and other sources. WMC Press Releases October 14, 2021 | Robin Morgan, Julie Burton, Gloria Steinem, Janet Dewart Bell, Rosalie Maggio | Arts and culture, Media In Celebration of National Dictionary Day, Women’s Media Center Launches New Online Guide to Fair and Accurate Language In celebration of National Dictionary Day, the Women’s Media Center today launched a new online resource and media channel, Unspinning the Spin: The Women’s Media Center Guide to Fair and Accurate Language. Written by Rosalie Maggio. WMC Unspinning October 13, 2021 | Robin Morgan, Gloria Steinem | Media, Politics Introduction by Robin Morgan and Gloria Steinem Unspinning the Spin was created to help everyone understand and be understood. Consumers and creators of media are the most obvious beneficiaries, but almost anyone can benefit from this up-to-date guide on the background, current uses, accuracy, alternatives, and best practices for choosing and de-coding common words and phrases. This resource goes beyond the scope of a dictionary or thesaurus. It’s the result of mining a wide variety of fields for accurate, inclusive, creative, and clear words and phrases. As a compendium that is easy to consult, practical, informative, and witty, it is indispensable for everyday use. WMC News & Features WMC News & Features WMC News and Features provide progressive women’s perspectives on both headline stories and timely events ignored or misrepresented in the mainstream media. WMC FBomb WMC FBomb Pioneering intersectional teen feminism, WMC Fbomb provides socially conscious youth with a welcoming, progressive-minded community. WMC IDAR/E WMC IDAR/E WMC IDAR/E spotlights the voices of diverse Latinas on a range of current and emerging issues. WMC Siege WMC Siege WMC Women Under Siege examines how sexualized and other violence is being used to devastate women and tear apart communities around the world, in conflict and beyond. WMC Speech WMC Speech WMC Speech Project spotlights and documents online abuse and its effects on women’s rights, civic participation, and free speech. WMC Live WMC Live Women's Media Center Live with Robin Morgan is a nationally syndicated American radio show and podcast with an audience in 110 countries around the globe and on iTunes. Events  Events The Women’s Media Awards honor champions for women in media. The extraordinary women we recognize set the standard for what media should look like when it gives voice to the diverse female half of the country. WMC Reports September 21, 2021 Health, Media, Politics, Race/Ethnicity WMC Report: Gender and Race Representation on Five Big Sunday Shows January 1 - December 31, 2020 - Full Report “The major Sunday news shows set the tone for news coverage on all media platforms. The stories covered and the experts and opinion leaders featured tell us who has power — who and what the shapers of media think we should care about. These programs have a platform that can impact policy, politics, and action,” according to Julie Burton, president and CEO of the Women’s Media Center. "We found that at this pivotal moment, just as movements for racial and gender justice are pushing powerfully and visibly for change, inclusion of women and people of color came up short on these influential marquee shows.” WMC Reports WMC Reports WMC research and reports are more than just statistics—they are evidence and tools for social change, and create benchmarks to highlight the status and progress of women in media. Press  Press The Women’s Media Center press kit contains approved WMC images, logos and biographies for reporters, editors, producers and bookers, in addition to our press release database. Women's Media Center  Archive Browse the archive. WMC Training  WMC Training WMC media training gives diverse women leaders the tools to be media-smart and media-savvy and helps expand the representation of women, as pundits and as sources, on all media platforms. WMC in the News October 27, 2017 | All In With Chris Hayes MSNBC “All In with Chris Hayes” Facebook Live interviews with Jane Fonda & Gloria Steinem WMC in the News September 29, 2021 | By Erin Spencer Sairam | Forbes America’s Five Big Sunday Shows Remain Very Male, Very White The Women’s Media Center (WMC), a nonprofit that conducts research on and advocates for the visibility of women and girls in media, released a report last week that analyzed the demographics of host and guest appearances on the five biggest Sunday shows. Researchers looked at episodes that aired in 2020 for ABC’s This Week, CBS’s Face the Nation, CNN’s State of the Union, Fox News Sunday, and NBC’s Meet the Press. WMC SheSource WMC SheSource WMC SheSource is an online database of women experts who we connect to journalists, bookers, and producers, thereby increasing the number of diverse women in our media. Recent Articles WMC IDAR/E After Tuesday's Presidential Debate, Some Latinas are Still Not Cheering for Either Candidate WMC Climate Women’s Income Loss From Climate Change Is Much Higher Than Men’s WMC features Emmy-Nominated Female Creatives in Their Own Words WMC Women Under Siege The Myth of the ‘Slay Queen’ and Kenya’s Lackluster Response to Femicide WMC FBomb Why Gender Reveal Parties Are Problematic WMC Live WMC Live #448: She Didn't Need To Say It. (Original Airdate 9/22/2024) WMC Speech Project What women politicians’ online harassment tells us about degraded democracy WMC SheSource Experts on Biden signs order to restrict asylum, Indian Citizenship Act, Biden Gaza ceasefire proposal, Trump convicted in hush-money trial, abortion bans across the United States, Mexico's first female president, Juneteenth, and Pride Month WMC Unspinning Zulu Sign up for our Newsletter Email Zip Sign Up WMC SheSource WMC SheSource is an online database of media-experienced women experts who we connect to journalists, bookers and producers. Twitter Feed Tweets by womensmediacntr WMC • Powered by Feminism Donate Now Support the Women's Media Center and Change the Conversation Unspinning the Spin  Unspinning the Spin The Women's Media Center Guide to Fair and Accurate Language—a searchable online resource. Connect Events Privacy Policy Sign Up • powered by feminismenen1727061865https://womensmediacenter.com

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