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Joseph Gordon-Levitt on words
“I’m a big fan of brevity. When you get trapped in your words, you can lose the real message. Whether I’m having a conversation or creating a movie, I always ask myself ‘What am I trying to...
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If 40 is the new 30… 50 is the new “kiss of death”
I have discovered the fountain of youth and it’s called LinkedIn. I recently took a course through MediaBistro on how best to use this job networking website. My main takeaway – under no circumstances...
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Newsweek’s New Dress Code: Dress for success… or lose your job!
When I first heard Newsweek employees will now be subjected to a company dress code, my first thought was, “Maybe that’s not a bad idea.”. Anyone who works in a newsroom will tell you at times the...
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Bragging rights: My niece the reporter!
I saw my niece Madeleine twice this week and both times our conversation started off with her excitement over articles she had written for her college newspaper at Manhattan College called The...
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Debora Spar and the Ivy League Women Blues
I was just thinking the other day, “I need another successful Ivy League woman reminding me how much my life sucks.” On the (high) heels of Sheryl Sandberg and Anne Marie Slaughter, Barnard College...
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Unraveling the Ribbon on Breast Cancer Reporting
ABC’s Good Morning America held what felt like a pep rally this morning to kick off “Breast Cancer Awareness Month”. The show’s tag line, “Go Pink!” – and it certainly did with anchors and guests in...
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The Blogger Bag
Click to view slideshow. A Lacoste store window display caught my eye as I was walking down Madison Avenue today – the Blogger Bag! I thought, “Hmm, a bag for bloggers?” The more I thought about it the...
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Celeste Headlee using Kickstarter to launch radio program, “Middle Ground”
Journalist Celeste Headlee is counting on a Kickstarter campaign to launch a new public radio program called “Middle Ground”. The weekly hour-long news show and podcast will focus on stories from...
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Amy Robach announces breast cancer diagnosis after on-air mammogram
Last month I wrote about a special broadcast ABC News’ Good Morning America devoted to breast cancer awareness. My critique of the program was that it felt like a pep rally with the ultimate goal of...
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CNBC: What’s with the sharing?
I have a question for all you “news” folks over at CNBC – what’s with the sharing? Yesterday we were treated to CNBC retail correspondent Courtney Reagan’s surprise marriage proposal. Other than...
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Women’s Media Center Report Looks At Gender Inequality in Media
The Women’s Media Center is out with its third annual report on the Status of Women in U.S. Media. If you are not familiar with the report it compiles the most recent studies, data and research on...
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True Confessions
Sometimes things get a little too serious around here. I want to share a twitter exchange I had with New England Cable Network’s Jackie Bruno this morning. I think so many of you will be able to...
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Christiane Amanpour makes headlines just by speaking up
An interesting on-air exchange took place yesterday at CNN between chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour and anchor Wolf Blitzer. Of course what followed were these headlines:...
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We interrupt this blog…
The big news story in my world is that I started graduate school this month at the Newhouse School at Syracuse University. So for the time being this blog will expand beyond issues about women in media...
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The Future is Now
We had some fun during this week’s class when we went into the “wayback machine” and took a look at a Newsweek article from 1995 about the internet. It was originally titled, “The Internet? Bah!” and...
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Beyond Facebook and Twitter
Our class this week took a deep dive into the multitude of social media platforms that are now a part of our everyday lives. I have to admit it came as a surprise to me how many different platforms are...
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Digital Fast
Remember when people use to give up chocolate for Lent? That’s so last century. After class last night, I went on Facebook for a quick look and a couple of friends posted they are giving up the social...
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Online Privacy in the Digital Age
This week’s class discussion kept circling back to one big question – is there a reasonable assumption of privacy in a digital era? The short answer is “no”. Between openly sharing our lives on social...
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Back to Earth
Last night’s class discussion focused on big data and how it has disrupted the status quo of what was once considered normal. We examined its effect on banking, education, health and fitness, and...
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Disruption
Our class coursework and discussion this week focused on how the digital world has disrupted journalism. I have had a front-row seat to these changes. When I attended undergraduate school for...
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