Where are the Women? (Niche media makes up for mainstream)

Under-Covered by Candice Novak | Dec. 11, 2008 (Special Report)

Women’s issues coverage has never been the best, but it’s getting worse as reporters are forced to cover more topics and papers attempt to serve larger regions, broadening their aim and sometimes dulling their investigative instincts.

In this atmosphere, women and men alike are resorting to the Internet to find the coverage they need. And niche news services now have the platform and the audience to provide that product. Full Story »

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 by candice c novak - Dec. 15, 2008

This is a topic that mainstream media is not wont to cover, as they are a factor of the problem.

Women’s eNews, an online news service I’ve been reading for a few years, is one of those services that has thrived online, as one of the only investigative, international, all-women’s-news sources. So, I took a bus down to New York city to talk to WEN’s founder and editor in chief, Rita Henley Jensen, just a few months before their expansion to a larger site which will be host a women’s community area, where they will host poets, film makers, and activities.

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