"sports-communications" Articles & Blogs:
Q & A with Girls in the Game
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Girls in the Game is a leading girls' health and fitness organization in Chicago that provides and promotes sports & fitness opportunities, nutrition & health education, and leadership development to enhance the overall health an...[Read on] |
Sports Journalism, Athletes in for a Big Challenge
| TMZ.com, a leading gossip and celebrity news web site, has entered the sports media market, launching TMZ Sports at the start of the year. And if its recent coverage of the Gilbert Arenas story is any indication, established sports media outlets are facin...[Read on] |
Nawal El Moutawakel on education of women and girls
| LAURA WALDEN / Sports Features Communications
TAMPA/NEW YORK, Sept 22: IOC Executive Board member Nawal El Moutawakel was speaking out at the UN Millennium Development Goals Summit being held in New York to support of education for women.
The Olympian i...[Read on] |
A conversation: Tucker Center, Twitter and women’s sports (Part 5)
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Photo Credit: Tucker Center, Facebook, Twitter Logos
This blog post is part 5 of a series discussing my experiences with social media as they relate to advocacy issues that highly affect the women’s sport sphere. This is an assignment for a cl...[Read on] |
New report on gender in televised sports
| Two colleagues, Mike Messner (USC) and Cheryl Cooky (Purdue), just finished the latest installment of a longitudinal study GENDER IN TELEVISED SPORTS: NEWS AND HIGHLIGHTS SHOWS, 1989-2009. The report can downloaded for free here.
The res...[Read on] |
Debate in Saudi Arabia over Women's Sports
| Recently, the Saudi public, government, and religious discourse has been engaged in a debate over women's sports, particularly women's gyms, physical education instruction in girls' schools, and competitive sports clubs for women.The issue of women's spor...[Read on] |
Bloggers and ethical decision-making
| A recent post on Eye on Sports Media outlines the response of a local paper (the Athens Banner Herald) and that of a blogger who learned about the DUI arrest of a local personality who provides play-by-play and analysis for UGA sports teams. The b...[Read on] |
Women's Sports: What's wrong with being a cause?
| Almost passed over yet another article about the bad economy and the effects on women's sports. You know, the one that invokes almost immediately the folding of the Houston Comets and the shaky pitch the WPS finds itself on.Though much later in the articl...[Read on] |
WTS Podcast Series: Pioneer Sports Journalist Christine Brennan, Part 2
| Welcome to the second podcast in a 3-part series of interviews with Christine Brennan, renowned sports journalist, best-selling author and commentator. Brennan was a pioneer as a female sports journalist and is still today the most widely-read femal...[Read on] |
Female fandom: Study says they don't like the pros
| A study out of Canada about the gendered nature of fandom reveals that women are not huge fans of professional sports. Not a shocker despite the plethora of popular media accounts of women forming fan clubs and becoming the latest target demographic for f...[Read on] |
No Such Thing as a Glass Ceiling?
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This post was submitted by Alejandra Santaolalla, WCF Communications Fellow
The 2012 elections are closer than we think and the women running for office will undoubtedly face many obstacles. Over the...
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Who Needs More Women on the Bench? Everyone.
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This post was submitted by Rebecca Freedholm, WCF Communications Fellow
Yesterday my colleague, Sophie, made a strong argument for why Kagan’s gender is an important factor in her nomination to the...
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Women’s equality by 2020?
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This post was submitted by Jean Qiao, WCF Communications Fellow
Are you a passionate woman committed to ending gender inequality? Do you know a phenomenal woman who has made a true impact in her...
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Celebrating Hillary Rodham Clinton Week
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This post was submitted by Andrea Peterson, WCF Communications Fellow
We recently celebrated International Women’s Day and it’s currently Women’s History month, but there is another event I want to...
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BlogHer'10 - Women in Sports Panel
| Re-capping BLOGHER '10
Driving into New York City this weekend for the BlogHer event was definately something I was looking forward to participating in. I honestly didnt know exactly what to expect, but I felt as though bringing a professional athe...[Read on] |
Women’s Rights Central on Opening Day of Kagan’s Hearings
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This post was submitted by Sophie Shulman, WCF Communications Fellow
Yesterday marked the beginning of Solicitor General Elena Kagan’s confirmation process to become the next Justice of the Supreme...
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Kagan criticized for marital status, appearance, not qualifications
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This post was submitted by Sophie Shulman, WCF Communications Fellow
When President Obama announced in May that Solicitor General Elena Kagan was his nominee for the Supreme Court, WCF was thrilled...
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Women Shown as Better Legislators
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This post was submitted by Tatenda Musapatike, WCF Communications Fellow
The American Journal of Political Science will soon release a study that shows that women politicians are more effective...
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Female Athletes: Here comes everybody
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Clay Shirkey's book: Here Comes Everybody. Photo credit: Aworkinglibrary.com
This blog post is part of my ongoing weekly series discussing the role of social media and female athletics. My latest reading is Here Comes Everybody by Clay Shirkey. This...[Read on] |
For Crying Out Loud! Boehner’s Tears Provoke Double Standard Debate
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This post was submitted by Kristen Kiewiet de Jonge, WCF Communications Fellow.
We should all thank House Speaker-elect John Boehner for crying because his interview on 60 Minutes has ignited...
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Where did Lady Vols come from?
| Well it came from a lady. Gloria Ray. She was the first female athletic director of women's sports at the University of Tennessee; a position she took over in 1977 after coaching women's tennis at UT. Here is what she said about creating the Lady Vols bra...[Read on] |
Fiorina’s Anti-Woman Beliefs May Cost Her in the Race to U.S. Senate
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This post was submitted by Rebecca Freedholm, WCF Communications Fellow
Although recent polls suggest that Republican Senate candidate Carly Fiorina is garnering support rivaling that of incumbent...
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Looking Forward: New Opportunities for Women in 2012
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This post was submitted by Kristen Kiewiet de Jonge, WCF Communications Fellow.
Strategic planning for the 2012 election cycle is fully underway at the DCCC. Top Democrats including Rep. Debbie...
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Alabama poised to elect first-ever woman to U.S. Congress
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This post was submitted by Sophie Shulman, WCF Communications Fellow
After last night’s Democratic primary, Alabama is ready to make history.
Two women, Terri Sewell and Sheila Smoot, secured over...
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Should Women Candidates Avoid Discussions on Gender?
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This post was submitted by Rebecca Freedholm, WCF Communications Fellow.
Aaron Guerrero from The Daily Caller believes that Republican women candidates may not ultimately have the banner electoral...
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