Herstory

Listen to 34 female journalists' stories about fighting for gender equality.

Jacqui Banaszynski

Pulitzer Prize winner in 1988; Knight Chair in Editing at the Missouri School of Journalism
Tad Bartimus
Founder of JAWS; Associated Press reporter for 25 years, including being a war correspondent in Vietnam
Mary Kay Blakely
“Hers” columnist for The New York Times; associate professor at the Missouri School of Journalism
Kathy Bonk
Co-founder of the Communications Consortium Media Center; recipient of several grants to advocate for global women’s rights and policy changes to benefit women
Maura Casey
Won 40 awards for opinion writing over a 30-year newspaper career; founder of her own media consultation company
Joy Cook
A journalism career at the United Press International, the Associated Press, the New York Post, and NBC-TV
Clare Crawford-Mason
Reported for the Washington Daily News before producing documentaries for NBC News and heading the Washington, D.C., bureau of People Magazine
Mary C. Curtis
Long-time features editor for The New York Times and The Charlotte Observer (North Carolina) before freelancing as a political reporter for radio and television
Linda Deutsch
Entered the Associated Press newsroom in 1967 as the only woman and worked 50 years at the AP, covering major trial cases such as the Pentagon Papers, Rodney King, and O.J. Simpson
Julie Dunlap
Helmed the editorship at various newspapers, with two decades at the Associated Press
Jodi Enda
Assistant managing editor for special projects for CNN Politics; reported for The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Knight-Ridder Newspapers
Jennifer Gavin
Covered politics for the Associated Press and The Denver Post before transitioning to government communications
Diana Henriques
Financial journalist for 20 years at The New York Times; author of four business history books, including “The Wizard of Lies” on the Bernie Madoff scandal
Glenda Crank Holste
An editor for 30 years with the St. Paul-Pioneer Press before turning to communications for an educator union
Rita Henley Jensen
Founder and editor-in-chief of Women’s eNews and Arabic Women’s eNews; formerly an investigative reporter for various legal publications
Pam Johnson
Executive and managing editor for The Arizona Republic and The Phoenix Gazette; the first executive director of the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute
Julia Kagan
A career devoted to magazines, with editorships at McCall’s, Working Woman, Psychology Today, Fitness, Consumer Reports, and Ladies’ Home Journal
Kathy Kiely
Managing editor for the Sunlight Foundation; political reporter for USA Today; Washington, D.C., bureau chief for major daily newspapers
Melissa Ludtke
Reported for Sports Illustrated and was plaintiff of a 1978 federal lawsuit that led to women reporters’ equal access to Major League Baseball players
Jane P. Marshall
Features editor at The Denver Post and food journalist at the Houston Chronicle; teaches food writing courses at Kansas State University
Judy Miller
Editor and producer for TV news programs in Detroit and Colorado
Kay Mills
Los Angeles Times editorial writer and editorial board member; authored five books on women’s history
Peggy Sands Orchowski
Elbowed her way into international reporting in Peru for the Associated Press; correspondent for the Hispanic Outlook on Higher Education; authored “Immigration and the American Dream”
Merrill Perlman
Copy editor at The New York Times for 25 years who worked up to director of copy desks; now editorial consultant for various publications
Bonnie Rollins
Producer at NBC News Radio and TV for 30 years; participated in coverage of the Oklahoma City bombing, the TWA Flight 800 plane crash, presidential campaigns, and the Atlanta and Sydney Olympics
Katherine Rowlands
Began reporting for the Bay City News Service and then freelanced in Honduras and UK for 10 years before becoming editor of the Bay Area News Group
Connie Sage
Reporter and editor at The Virginian-Pilot for 17 years; corporate director for Landmark Communications; author of a book on Frank Batten of The Weather Channel
Gina Setser
News editor of The Albuquerque Tribune, helping the news team to win a 1994 Pulitzer for national reporting; part of the core team coordinating the digital transition at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Peggy Simpson
Reporter for the Associated Press for 17 years and signed the gender lawsuit against AP in 1978; freelanced in Poland in the 1990s; Washington, D.C., reporter for the Women’s Media Center
Andrea Stone
USA Today reporter for 25 years and senior executive producer for Al Jazeera America
Melinda Voss
Co-founder of the Association of Health Care Journalists; reporter for The Des Moines Register for 26 years; instructor for the master’s program in health journalism at the University of Minnesota
Betsy Wade
First woman copy editor at The New York Times in 1956, who filed a lawsuit against The Times in the 1970s for equal pay and worked there until 2001
Jean Gaddy Wilson
Managed strategic communications for Columbia College in Missouri; helped create four national journalistic projects/groups, including the startup of JAWS
Nina Zacuto
More than two decades as a producer at the NBC-TV networks in Los Angeles, covering the Unabomber story, the Michael Jackson trial, and the Olympic Games

Herstory

Jacqui Banaszynski

Pulitzer Prize winner in 1988; Knight Chair in Editing at the Missouri School of Journalism

Tad Bartimus

Founder of JAWS; Associated Press reporter for 25 years, including being a war correspondent in Vietnam

Mary Kay Blakely

“Hers” columnist for The New York Times; associate professor at the Missouri School of Journalism

Kathy Bonk

Co-founder of the Communications Consortium Media Center; recipient of several grants to advocate for global women’s rights and policy changes to benefit women

Maura Casey

Won 40 awards for opinion writing over a 30-year newspaper career; founder of her own media consultation company

Joy Cook

A journalism career at the United Press International, the Associated Press, the New York Post, and NBC-TV

Clare Crawford-Mason

Reported for the Washington Daily News before producing documentaries for NBC News and heading the Washington, D.C., bureau of People Magazine

Mary C. Curtis

Long-time features editor for The New York Times and The Charlotte Observer (North Carolina) before freelancing as a political reporter for radio and television

Linda Deutsch

Entered the Associated Press newsroom in 1967 as the only woman and worked 50 years at the AP, covering major trial cases such as the Pentagon Papers, Rodney King, and O.J. Simpson

Julie Dunlap

Helmed the editorship at various newspapers, with two decades at the Associated Press

Jodi Enda

Assistant managing editor for special projects for CNN Politics; reported for The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Knight-Ridder Newspapers

Jennifer Gavin

Covered politics for the Associated Press and The Denver Post before transitioning to government communications

Diana Henriques

Financial journalist for 20 years at The New York Times; author of four business history books, including “The Wizard of Lies” on the Bernie Madoff scandal

Glenda Crank Holste

An editor for 30 years with the St. Paul-Pioneer Press before turning to communications for an educator union

Rita Henley Jensen

Founder and editor-in-chief of Women’s eNews and Arabic Women’s eNews; formerly an investigative reporter for various legal publications

Pam Johnson

Executive and managing editor for The Arizona Republic and The Phoenix Gazette; the first executive director of the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute

Julia Kagan

A career devoted to magazines, with editorships at McCall’s, Working Woman, Psychology Today, Fitness, Consumer Reports, and Ladies’ Home Journal

Kathy Kiely

Managing editor for the Sunlight Foundation; political reporter for USA Today; Washington, D.C., bureau chief for major daily newspapers

Melissa Ludtke

Reported for Sports Illustrated and was plaintiff of a 1978 federal lawsuit that led to women reporters’ equal access to Major League Baseball players

Jane P. Marshall

Features editor at The Denver Post and food journalist at the Houston Chronicle; teaches food writing courses at Kansas State University

Judy Miller

Editor and producer for TV news programs in Detroit and Colorado

Kay Mills

Los Angeles Times editorial writer and editorial board member; authored five books on women’s history

Peggy Sands Orchowski

Elbowed her way into international reporting in Peru for the Associated Press; correspondent for the Hispanic Outlook on Higher Education; authored “Immigration and the American Dream”

Merrill Perlman

Copy editor at The New York Times for 25 years who worked up to director of copy desks; now editorial consultant for various publications

Bonnie Rollins

Producer at NBC News Radio and TV for 30 years; participated in coverage of the Oklahoma City bombing, the TWA Flight 800 plane crash, presidential campaigns, and the Atlanta and Sydney Olympics

Katherine Rowlands

Began reporting for the Bay City News Service and then freelanced in Honduras and UK for 10 years before becoming editor of the Bay Area News Group

Connie Sage

Reporter and editor at The Virginian-Pilot for 17 years; corporate director for Landmark Communications; author of a book on Frank Batten of The Weather Channel

Gina Setser

News editor of The Albuquerque Tribune, helping the news team to win a 1994 Pulitzer for national reporting; part of the core team coordinating the digital transition at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Peggy Simpson

Reporter for the Associated Press for 17 years and signed the gender lawsuit against AP in 1978; freelanced in Poland in the 1990s; Washington, D.C., reporter for the Women’s Media Center

Andrea Stone

USA Today reporter for 25 years and senior executive producer for Al Jazeera America

Melinda Voss

Co-founder of the Association of Health Care Journalists; reporter for The Des Moines Register for 26 years; instructor for the master’s program in health journalism at the University of Minnesota

Betsy Wade

First woman copy editor at The New York Times in 1956, who filed a lawsuit against The Times in the 1970s for equal pay and worked there until 2001

Jean Gaddy Wilson

Managed strategic communications for Columbia College in Missouri; helped create four national journalistic projects/groups, including the startup of JAWS

Nina Zacuto

More than two decades as a producer at the NBC-TV networks in Los Angeles, covering the Unabomber story, the Michael Jackson trial, and the Olympic Games