News & Views Somalia to launch first female-hosted current affairs TV program Somalia’s all-women media outfit, Bilan, is launching the country’s first TV current affairs show to cover topics focusing on women.
News & Views Women’s voices are being left out of Australia’s mainstream media. Here’s what needs to change Breaking barriers in Australian media – experts discuss the gender gap, biased representation, and solutions for empowering women’s voices.
Appointments Kym Middleton appointed General Manager of Women in Media Australia Kym Middleton as been appointed General Manager of Women in Media Australia, a charity working to increasing gender equality in media.
News & Views ‘Who’d want to shag that?’: Male presenters suspended over misogynistic comments GB News has suspended two of its male presenters after one of them made misogynistic comments about a female journalist.
News & Views Somalia’s first all-women media company to expand Somalia’s first all-women media company, Bilan, is revolutionise the way news is told and covered in the country.
News & Views ‘I hope I’ve made a difference’: Ita Buttrose speaks for the first time since announcing her departure from the ABC Ita Buttrose has said she will miss her time as Chair of the ABC in her keynote speech at the Women in Media Conference in Sydney.
News & Views Editorial in The Australian “misleading and unfair” against ABC’s Louise Milligan, Press Council finds The Press Council has found an editorial in The Australian implied Louise Milligan was a “bad, lazy, deceitful” journalist.
News & Views Major change to Walkley Awards to address gender biases in media The Walkley Foundation will only consider women nominees for this year’s Walkley Award for Outstanding Contribution to Journalism.
News & Views Australian media continues to lean heavily on the “male authority figure” Men make up 70 per cent of quoted sources in print media, a new study published today has found, proving a concerning gender imbalance.
News & Views Women’s voices are missing in the media- including them could generate billions in income How can the news media represent women’s voices better? The answer might be in a recent report, “From outrage to opportunity”.
News & Views Lisa Wilkinson’s exit from The Project begs the question: Why is scrutiny so much fiercer for women? Since April, Wilkinson has been subjected to heightened trolling and public vitriol. The attacks have been personal and relentless.
Screen Carrie Bickmore’s contribution to media is not to be sniffed at For more than a decade, Bickmore has delivered and commentated on news, ensuring it hits all corners of the country with care and compassion.
