JOURNALISM FOR WOMEN

Journalism for Women



Journalism for Women

Women have played an important role in American journalism from colonial times to work on the principle as printers and publishers of newspapers even though they had no legal rights and little formal education. Their full participation in what is termed media came gradually thereafter, sometimes dramatically, as Margaret Fuller progress in the decade of 1840 as the first American woman foreign correspondent's campaign Ida B. Wells-Barnett 's anti-slavery in the 1890 as owner of the Memphis Free Speech, and influence as co-founder Gloria Steinem of Ms. in 1970 (Hall, 2001).

Throughout its long history of close ties with the media, women have had to deal with complex ideologies about their place in society, their representation in the public sphere, and the power and influence of the structure media. This has meant that women have worked on two fronts: "taking place" in the traditional media world and the struggle to change the discourse of the media too (and society as a result) through creation of alternative media, defined by the Alternative Index of press releases, which amplify the cry for social change and social justice. This chapter discusses the rich history and theoretical foundations of women in the media that had the mission to illuminate gender issues and the elimination of gender oppression. It focuses on print media, but media of women through the years has also included news broadcasts, radio programs (both public affairs and drama), publication of books and movies and businesses video. Media Directory of Women, in fact, identifies 250 periodicals, more than 50 journals on the Internet, 50 media organizations, the services of five women news, movie 12 groups' women and video, and groups of about 20 women in the music and Web sites in 48 nations. The history of women's ...