Changing the ratio
Great infographics in this Mashable post about women in tech, including this one: Seriously? Only 3% to 5% of women-owned businesses receive VC funding?!
View ArticleReaders value editing
Poynter covers Wayne State University prof Fred Vultee’s ACES presentation of his recent study on the value editors add. Key takeaway: “Routine editing makes a statistically significant and moderately...
View ArticleGender inequality weekly roundup
The response by Rachel Sklar on Daily Beast to Daily Beast’s own “Digital Power Index” and the sexism therein (just seven women out of 100) really nailed it. “[The problem] actually pretty simple:...
View ArticleRemembering Nora Ephron
When Harry Met Sally… is well within in my top five movies of all time. I don’t think this is just because it hit me at the exact right age (movies are much more influential when you see them as a...
View Article“But can he do it?” Who cares?
The New York Times today published another entry into the annals of a trend I’ve noticed that I call the “But can he do it?” story. It’s a series of stories that profile a white guy “reinventing” the...
View ArticleMy Barbra obsession, then and always
In honor of the Barbra Streisand “Back to Brooklyn” concert tonight (and the preshow fans’ dinner, and the postshow fans’ drinks outing…), I’m posting my recent contribution to Alison Waldman‘s new...
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