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- Nov 16, 2021
Mentoring program can be life-changing
Women in Media’s mentoring program can “help change your job, or how you do it, change your pay packet and your life”, according to...
- Nov 8, 2021
Brooke Littlewood wins Caroline Jones Award
Women in Media is delighted to announce the winner of the Caroline Jones Women in Media Young Journalist’s Award for 2021 is Brooke...
- Nov 7, 2021
Verbatim: Who said it?
As women in the media, we appreciate that words have the power to inform and inspire. Take our quiz to see if you can match these...
- Oct 9, 2021
Journalist Maria Ressa risks life and liberty to hold the government to account
The importance of journalists who take considerable risks to bring people the truth in countries where this involves going up against...
- Aug 20, 2021
What I learnt from starting a production studio
By Kellie Riordan Here’s the top five things I’ve learnt starting my production company Deadset Studios. 1. Starting out is tough,...
- Aug 11, 2021
Change starts with cultural awareness
By Tatiana Carter Narelle Urquhart remembers the first time she saw a television advertisement featuring Aboriginal and Torres Strait...
- Aug 11, 2021
Breaking the fourth wall with Anita Jacoby
By Tatiana Carter Anita Jacoby AM went door-knocking around regional New South Wales in 1982, with nothing but big ideas and a little...
- Aug 7, 2021
Do you answer emails outside work hours?
What could be so bad about answering a few emails in the evening? Perhaps something urgent pops up, we are tidying up an issue from the...
- Jul 18, 2021
The ‘real prize’ for a regional journalist
By Elly Bradfield As I lay in a hospital bed while my newborn was down the corridor in the special care unit, I asked: “is my baby going...
- Jul 18, 2021
Algorithm helps find ideal mentoring matches
By Tatiana Carter Experienced journalist and communications specialist Karen Milliner was slightly sceptical when filling out her...
- Jul 17, 2021
Turia Pitt on doing the impossible
A decade ago, Turia Pitt was trapped by an out-of-control grassfire during an ultra-marathon in the Kimberly, Western Australia. She...
- Jul 10, 2021
2021 National Conference postponed
No doubt like all of you, we have been carefully monitoring the COVID-19 situation. In the wake of the hard border closure in Queensland...
- Jul 10, 2021
Six ways to find a mentor
By Tatiana Carter The media industry has gone through dramatic changes in the past decade. For professionals across Australia, finding a...
- Jun 24, 2021
Remembering Janet Malcolm
Journalism has rarely had a fiercer critic, nor a finer practitioner than the longtime writer for The New Yorker, Janet Malcolm, who died...
- Jun 19, 2021
Time to gender parity has blown out to 135 years. Here’s what we can do to close the gap
Across the world, women do not have the same opportunities as men. The 2020 Global Gender Gap Report from the World Economic Forum (WEF)...
- Jun 10, 2021
Our popular conference is back
Women in Media is excited to announce it will be holding its fourth national conference on the Gold Coast at Bond University on September...
- May 29, 2021
Music, Meaning, and Money: Clare Bowditch’s fight to save the music industry
By Tatiana Carter In March 2020, Clare Bowditch received a call from her manager. The message was short and devastating: “He said you’ve...
- May 7, 2021
Male voices dominate the news. Here’s how to turn this around
Last week, the ABC announced it had achieved a milestone it had been trying to reach for more than two years. For the first time, in the...
- Apr 21, 2021
How Annalise got a ‘foot in the door’ with the Jacoby-Walkley Scholarship
By Tatiana Carter Aspiring journalists are often told getting their “foot in the door” is an essential part of carving out a successful...
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