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Laura Hazard OwenSeptember 20, 2018

Here’s what the Financial Times is doing to get bossy man voice out of (okay, less prominent in) its opinion section

“She wrote a fabulous piece that did incredibly well and I think there’s no way on earth that (a) she would have submitted or (b) it would have run, before we started this stuff. It got more than double the usual number of pageviews for an opinion piece.”

An Open LetterJune 19, 2018

How to end misogyny in the news industry: An open letter to the international journalism community

“We are done pandering to the egos of change-resistant influential men in the hope that our gentle lead will eventually encourage them to join us on a meander toward gender equality in the news business.”

“If you don’t have gender equality in your newsroom, it’s like running on one leg. And in the current climate, the male leg is limping”

Laura Hazard OwenMay 14, 2018

News stories in Europe are predominantly by and about men. Even photograph sizes are unequal.

Across 11 countries studied, 41 percent of bylines were male, 23 percent female.

Laura Hazard OwenApril 3, 2018

“If the Financial Times were a person, it would be a man.” Here’s how the paper is trying to change that.

Only 20 percent of the FT’s subscribers were women. Now the paper is doing a lot of things to change that.

Laura Hazard OwenMarch 22, 2018

“The Internet is telling you you’re pregnant, dying, or both.” Clue wants to do better.

“We’re thinking about our voice as an empathetic older sister who happens to be an OB-GYN.”

Laura Hazard OwenAugust 21, 2017

Girls’ Night In is an email newsletter, but it’ll also be a way for women to make friends IRL

“We are helping serve the need for women to take a break, relax, and recharge.”

Ricardo BiltonJune 30, 2016

The Washington Post is using Slack to create a reader community focused on the gender pay gap

“Our favorite thing is to be able to see people start conversations among themselves without us participating at all. That’s the kind of space we want to build.”

Laura Hazard OwenNovember 10, 2015

Refinery29 doesn’t want to be “CNN for women,” but it’s finding new paths into hard news

“Our audience gets really engaged when they can attach to a real person.”

The big trend in indie hyperlocal: Strong women

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