More evidence of hyperlocal gender parity
The post-Patch fallout is far from over, but there’s some anecdotal evidence here in New England that former Patch staffers are launching indy news sites. As Dan Kennedy notes on his Media Nation blog, two such publications went live at the end of last month. One founding publisher is male; the other is female. Not exactly a scientific sample, I know, but it tracks with the preliminary results of my own research which show that hyperlocal leadership comes the closest to gender parity.
Found while moving into my new office
In late 2007, Hillary Clinton visited the Concord Monitor for an interview with the paper’s editorial board. Someone – most likely photo editor Dan Habib – documented her tour of the newsroom. I’ve met plenty of people seeking the presidency, but this picture is special. It shows something unimaginable a generation ago: A handshake between a female journalist and a female presidential candidate poised to win New Hampshire’s first-in-the nation primary.
Meg Heckman 