The Edge of Change: Women in the Twenty-First-Century Press - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0252076494 ISBN 13: 9780252076497

Publisher: University of Illinois Press, 2009

Synopsis

In this book, the nation's leading female newspaper journalists, editors, and executives provide critical perspectives on the challenges women face in today's news organizations, such as connecting with diverse audiences, maintaining credibility, negotiating media consolidation and corporate pressures, and overcoming the persistent barriers to professional advancement.

Contributors are Catalina Camia, Kathleen Carroll, Pamela J. Creedon, Paula Ellis, Helen E. Fisher, Dorothy Butler Gilliam, Ellen Goodman, Sharon Grigsby, Carol Guzy, Kirsten Scharnberg Hampton, Cathy Henkel, Pamela J. Johnson, Jane Kirtley, Jan Leach, Caroline Little, Wanda S. Lloyd, Arlene Notoro Morgan, June O. Nicholson, Geneva Overholser, Marty Petty, Deb Price, Donna M. Reed, Sandra Mims Rowe, Peggy Simpson, Margaret Sullivan, Julia Wallace, and Keven Ann Willey.

About this title

About the Author:

June O. Nicholson is the associate director of the School of Mass Communication at Virginia Commonwealth University. Pamela J. Creedon is a professor and former director of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Iowa. Wanda S. Lloyd is the executive editor of the Montgomery Advertiser and the founding executive director of the Freedom Forum Diversity Institute at Vanderbilt University. Pamela J. Johnson is the executive director of the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism, University of Missouri.

Review:

"A much-needed update of existing books on women in the press. The richness of this work lies in its use of accomplished women's own voices to tell of their achievements and their struggles, even into the twenty-first century. Anyone interested in women's history will enjoy this fine book." Kay Mills, author of Changing Channels: The Civil Rights Case That Transformed Television

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0252076494
• ISBN 13: 9780252076497
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 360
• Editor: Nicholson June O., Creedon Pamela J., Lloyd Wanda S., Johnson Pamela J.