Adrienne LaFrance’s interview with NPR’s Nina Totenberg is a must read. It’s a fascinating look at how much things have changed for women in journalism since Totenberg started her career more than four decades ago.
Women, video games and public health
My latest project examines some interesting trends at the intersection of gender, gaming and disease prevention. Read it here.
A girl named Ruby
Check out this Kickstarter campaign aimed at creating a children’s book about computer code. The best part? The protagonist will be a girl named (of course) Ruby.* The book is programmer Linda Liukas’s latest bid to make technology accessible to everyone. The project has already brought in more than 10 times its original goal of $10,000, — including a small donation from me — and Liukas plans to use the additional money for a parents’ guide and a mobile app.
Creative teaching like this makes me happy, especially when it means kids around the globe will be introduced to the male-dominated world of programming through the eyes of a strong, smart little girl.
* Ruby is one of the programming languages often used by journalists
Meg Heckman 