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Disney Junior GM Nancy Kanter to deliver keynote at Gracie Awards Luncheon AWM Share    
The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation is pleased to announce that Nancy Kanter, senior vice president of original programming and general manager, Disney Junior Worldwide, will deliver the keynote address at the 2012 Gracie Awards Luncheon on May 23. The Gracie Awards Luncheon will recognize the 2012 local, online, public and student winners at this industry luncheon at the historic Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. More 
4 women-led news projects pick up prizes from McCormick Foundation PBS Share
The changing media landscape has closed a lot of doors for many journalists over the years. But, it's also opened them, creating opportunities for people to build their own, new forms of media. That's particularly true for women, which is why J-Lab and the McCormick Foundation launched an ambitious effort in 2008 called the New Media Women Entrepreneurs grant program, which aims to fund women-led projects that are changing the media landscape. J-Lab and McCormick recently announced 2012's winners, and there's an overarching theme running through each one — namely, public service. More Betty White to be inducted into NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame Radio Share
Film and television star Betty White will be inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters Broadcasting Hall of Fame. With a career that has spanned more than 60 years, the seven-time Emmy Award winner has created unforgettable roles in television and film, authored seven books and won numerous awards. More Social networks have young women competing against each other for the best body CNN via WFTS-TV Share
One day in 2011, Amanda Coleman decided to quit Facebook. It wasn't one precipitating event that led her to her decision, but a slow build — a series of disturbing, sometimes anguished conversations. Coleman, a college student and the president of her sorority, found herself spending a lot of time counseling young women, many of them freshman at the university. As it turned out, the insecurities that bedeviled the women were often fueled by social networking sites. More Weatherman sues CBS for hiring young, attractive women The Hollywood Reporter via msnbc.com Share
A Los Angeles weatherman has filed a lawsuit claiming he was passed over for jobs at two prominent stations because he wasn't a young, good-looking woman. Kyle Hunter, who has worked as a meteorologist in various southern California markets during a 23-year career, filed an employment discrimination lawsuit against CBS Broadcasting and its owned-and-operated Los Angeles stations KCBS and KCAL. More 
Kathy Samuels named co-executive producer of 'Katie' Broadcasting & Cable Share
Kathy Samuels will be co-executive producer of Disney-ABC's new talk show, "Katie," producing alongside Jeff Zucker. Samuels, who has been consulting with Zucker and his team for a few months, has a background in producing daytime television. She's worked on such shows as "Rachael Ray," "Entertainment Tonight" and "Access Hollywood." More 
What's life really like for female technology entrepreneurs? Triple Pundit Share
A panel at the recent South By Southwest, "Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Backwards in Heels," featured several young, female technology entrepreneurs talking about their companies, their life experiences and the reality of being female in a heavily male-dominated industry. They also had advice for burgeoning female talent. More 
What do women want? Social media study shows differing female, male desires The Huffington Post Share
Forget fancy brands. What a man really wants is a Ford, while women swoon over soft-serve ice cream. That's just one of the insights drawn from 27 billion social media conversations that took place over the past year. Social media researchers at NetBase used their vast store of online data to answer the question, "What do men and women want?" They culled mentions of brand names and products to reach their conclusions. More Shining shoes best way Wall Street women outearn men Bloomberg Share
Women who want to earn more on Wall Street than their male colleagues have one reliable option. They can set up a shoe-shine stand in lower Manhattan. Female personal care and service workers, which include butlers, valets, house sitters and shoe shiners, earned $1.02 for every $1 their male counterparts made in 2010, according to census data. That job category, which covers 38,210 full-time workers in the U.S., was the only one of 265 major occupations where the median female salary exceeded the amount paid to men. More 
AWM launches new Career Center; free resume uploads for job seekers AWM Share
The Alliance for Women in Media is pleased to announce the launch of the brand new AWM Career Center. Both members and nonmembers can use the AWM Career center to reach qualified candidates. Employers can post jobs online, search for qualified candidates based on specific job criteria and create an online resume agent to email qualified candidates daily. They also benefit from online reporting that provides job activity statistics. For job seekers, AWM Career Center is a free service that provides access to employers and jobs in the media industry. In addition to posting their resumes, job seekers can browse and view available jobs based on their criteria, and save those jobs for later review if they choose. Job seekers can also create a search agent to provide email notifications of jobs that match their criteria. More |
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