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JAWS Job Opportunities
May 31, 2023

Two part-time roles include Membership Coordinator and Communications & Community Manager. Apply by June 15. [...]

JAWS CAMP 2023 logo highlights event’s intersections, Chicago location
May 15, 2023

About this year’s CAMP logo By Tanya Gazdik, CAMP Co-Chair Designed by a new JAWS [...]

President’s Letter April 2023
May 2, 2023

JAWS President Jenn Kho Dear JAWdesses,  It’s spring, a time of renewal and fresh starts, [...]

Inspired By: Deborah Douglas
May 2, 2023

By Susy Schultz Talking to Deborah Douglas in late April, the veteran journalist talked about one type [...]

New Executive Director
April 12, 2023

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From JAWS files
JAWS Member Alicia (Lisa) Shepard, advocate for ethical journalism, dies at 69
April 6, 2023

Long-time JAWS member, award-winning journalist, author, academic and advocate for ethical public journalism, Alicia (Lisa) [...]

Inspired By: Amanda Crawford
March 30, 2023

By Sharon Walsh JAWS board member Amanda J. Crawford is a journalist and professor who [...]

Inspired By: Gwen Ifill
March 27, 2023

By: Cirien Saadeh, JAWS board member As we continue our celebration of International Women’s Month, [...]

This Friday: Building and Doing Equity in Journalism Webinar; Sign Up Today!
March 20, 2023

Building and Doing Equity in Journalism is the next webinar in the JAWS’ Beverly Wettenstein [...]

Check your email for your JAWS donor tax letter!
March 14, 2023

Did you donate to JAWS in 2022? First, thank you! Second, you should have received [...]

Celebrating You on International Women’s Day, Today, March 8
March 8, 2023

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Women’s History Month 2023
March 7, 2023

JAWS was given a donation from the estate of the late Beverly Wettenstein to create [...]