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.