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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
April 12th, 2017Vancouver Sun by Stu McNish 08 April 2017 This week’s Conversation That Matters features Shari Graydon of Informed Opinions, which strives to amplify women’s voices to ensure women’s perspectives and priorities […]
read more...Conversations that matter: For women in media, it’s still a man’s worldOur 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?”Master Media Engagement
February 4th, 2016I’m sitting in a restaurant with my friend Frances. (Note that this blog post was originally published pre-pandemic.) A longtime print journalist and frequent guest on radio public affairs shows, she […]
read more...Are you uncomfortable calling yourself an expert?Master Media Engagement
January 25th, 2016Want to know what journalists think? Ask them. That’s what we did last fall by hosting a series of roundtable luncheons in cities right across the country. Our goal was […]
read more...7 Things Journalists Want Women To KnowOur 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 possibleMaster Media Engagement
September 20th, 2014I first learned this lesson from the Miss Canada beauty pageant, but on Thursday three Informed Opinions’ “grads” reminded me of it… If a reporter calls or emails to solicit your informed […]
read more...What’s the easiest news hook for your next op ed?Our Advocacy Work
October 28th, 2011It’s 1997, and I’m on the phone in the home office space I share with my husband. He’s leaping up and down and gesticulating wildly in an effort to change […]
read more...IBM CEO and the female confidence issue