Diversity Belonging + Inclusion and Our Advocacy Work
August 23rd, 2022When Lisa Laflamme’s predecessor Lloyd Robertson signed off CTV’s nightly broadcast, he used to say, “And that’s the kind of day it’s been.” Which — to someone invested in media […]
read more...If it can happen to Lisa Laflamme… (and what you can do)Our Advocacy Work
October 28th, 2021The following op ed, co-authored with Prashanth Rao and Dr. Maite Taboada, appeared on Poynter‘s website on 28 October 2021. Looking for silver linings in the midst of a pandemic […]
read more...What do three years of data on the gender gap in news reporting tell us?Diversity Belonging + Inclusion
February 10th, 2021Do you think journalists should be compelled to quote women as often as they quote men? The proposition sounded a bit radical, even to me, back in 2014 when Edelman […]
read more...Should journalists quote women as often as men?Our Advocacy Work
April 30th, 2019This article was originally published on Poynter What would happen if news media struggling to survive applied the productivity mantra “What gets measured gets done” to the sources they quote? Business […]
read more...Featuring more female sources could increase your audience engagement, research suggestsOur Advocacy Work
February 11th, 2019This article was originally published in The Ottawa Citizen We hear a lot these days about how artificial intelligence is taking away jobs and making it easy for foreign powers to […]
read more...In numbers there is strength – how big data can help close the gender gap in Canadian journalismOur Advocacy Work
February 5th, 2019This article was originally published in The Toronto Star Could the incentivizing power of a fitness tracker be adapted to help achieve gender equality in the media, enhancing Canadian democracy in […]
read more...Online tool gives media outlets incentive to achieve gender parityOur Advocacy Work
March 30th, 2017J-Source by Michael Ott 30 March 2017 “We couldn’t find any expert women,” cannot be an excuse. That’s the mantra of a new website dedicated to amplifying women’s voices in […]
read more...New database seeks to amplify women’s voices in the news mediaOur Advocacy Work
June 28th, 2016Most parents agree on at least one thing: they’d do almost anything for their children. For Steve Paikin, that means promoting a more gender-equitable media landscape. Many know Paikin as […]
read more...“Where, oh where, are all the female guests?”Our Advocacy Work
April 2nd, 2015A year ago, when veteran journalist and host of TVO’s The Agenda blogged, “Where, oh where, are all the women?” he ignited a firestorm of protest. Ironically, Steve Paikin’s show […]
read more...The Agenda producers prove gender parity is possibleOur Advocacy Work
November 9th, 2011Hanging out with someone who hasn’t been drinking your kool-aid is a useful thing to do, every now and again. Being asked questions that encourage you to articulate and defend […]
read more...The value of interviews