Journalism & Women Symposium

JAWS supports the professional empowerment and personal growth of women in journalism and works toward a more accurate portrayal of the whole society.

Roberta Baskin, right, advises campers on how to speak authoritatively during TV and radio interviews as part of a multimedia training seession at the 2008 JAWS conference.

Great news: The JAWS 25th Anniversary Fund!

JAWS has a unique opportunity and we need your support.

The Journalism & Women Symposium has been awarded a $50,000 matching grant from the Challenge Fund for Journalism, a joint initiative of the Ford Foundation, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, McCormick Foundation and the Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Foundation.

JAWS must raise $50,000 by Aug. 6, 2009, to receive the grant. We can do this – but we need you. Thank you to those who have already donated to the JAWS 25th Anniversary Fund!

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Save the Date!

JAWS will celebrate our 25th Anniversary in 2009 with a great conference Oct. 2-5 at Snowbird, Utah, just outside Salt Lake City. Put it on your calendar now!

News & Events

  • Caryl Rivers, a Boston University professor, recently won the Helen Thomas Award for Lifetime Achievement award from the Society of Professional Journalists.
  • Nancy Hicks Maynard, the first black woman on the New York Times metropolitan staff and co-founder of the Maynard Institute, died Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008.
  • JAWS member Margie Freivogel tells about the launch of a new online publication in St. Louis, the Saint Louis Beacon, one of the ventures exploring the future of journalism today.
  • Edie Lederer wins lifetime achievement award from the International Women's Media Foundation. As the news release says, "In her more than four decades with the AP, she has worked on every continent except Antarctica covering wars, famines, nuclear issues and political upheavals." Congratulations, Edie!
  • Jaws member Lisa Chung writes about her "Whoohoo Wednesdays!" and meeting the challenges of being laid off after a long career in newspapers. (Of course, does this offer Lisa more time to scout sites for future JAWS conferences, a job she's done so well for years?)
  • Our Lynn Sweet, Chicago Sun-Times multimedia D.C. bureau extraodinaire was recently profiled in the New York Observer for her excellent coverage of Illinois Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign.
  • JAWS Founder Tad Bartimus wins lifetime achievement award
    The Washington Press Club honors Bartimus, former Vietnam war correspondent and the first female bureau chief at The Associated Press, at its Feb. 13 Congressional Dinner.
  • Introducing the JAWS Blogroll
    Links to JAWS Members' blogs about topics ranging from coverage of politics and pop culture to food, feminism and the front page. Want to start blogging? Find tips here.

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