WMC Daily News Brief:

The Rise Of The Anchorwomen
3/18/09
Boston Globe: As layoffs and early retirements alter Boston's television newsrooms, the traditional anchorman is becoming a minority and newscasts are getting female makeovers.

Did Anyone Ask Afghan Women?
3/18/09
International Herald Tribune: The Afghan women I know cannot conceive of a "moderate" Taliban, not to mention negotiations with them. The Taliban are the Taliban, Islamists who advocate a fundamentalist and extremist ideology in which the role of the woman is to be muzzled and illiterate.

AOL Leaps Into Original News Content With PoliticsDaily.com
3/16/09
The Wrap: AOL is about to launch a politics site, hiring well-respected political journalists to do reporting and analysis, and thus moving the Time Warner division more aggressively toward becoming a producer of traditional news. The site's top editor will be Melinda Henneberger.

Mainstream Media Need To Return To Ideals After Failures
3/17/09
Boston Globe: "The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart's attack on the nation's business media and his blistering showdown last week with CNBC anchor Jim Cramer could be another nail in the coffin of the mainstream media.

FRANCE: Rights Junior Minister Loses Out To Economic Interests
3/18/09
IPS: Rama Yade, France's secretary of state for human rights, is not having an easy time on a number of fronts.

Egyptian Women Learn To Fight Back
3/18/09
BBC: In a dojo, or martial arts training area, in a poor working class suburb of Cairo, women in karate uniforms and tracksuits are learning to fight off an assailant.

Q&A: Why Not Wages For "Women's Work"?
3/17/09
IPS: Caring for children, ailing relatives and neighbors, cooking and cleaning - all of it feels like "work," but without the regular paycheque.

Pakistani Woman Who Shattered Stigma Of Rape Is Married
3/18/09
NY Times: Mukhtar Mai, the resilient Pakistani who was gang raped in 2002 on the orders of a village council but became a symbol of hope for voiceless and oppressed women, has married.

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