Women Do News sponsored its first edit-a-thon in 2019 in New York City with support from Take The Lead. Since then, we have trained writers and editors through coaching and events, partnering with allies at universities and journalism organizations.
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Past events
- Women Do News at JAWS Camp 2023
Women Do New was featured at the annual Journalism and Women Symposium Camp in Chicago, Oct. 13 and 14. Board chair Angilee Shah and… Read more: Women Do News at JAWS Camp 2023 - Owning the narrative at the Asian American Journalists Association
Women Do News was at the Asian American Journalists Association this year, with a panel on Wednesday, July 27, and guerrilla editing throughout the… Read more: Owning the narrative at the Asian American Journalists Association - Changing the Face of News
Gather, a a collaborative project led by the Agora Journalism Center at the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism & Communication, hosted Women Do News… Read more: Changing the Face of News - AEJMC 2022 Midwinter Conference: Correcting the recordBoard member Jareen Imam and board chair Angilee Shah led a workshop at the AEJMC 2022 Midwinter Conference. What’s AEJMC, you ask? It’s the… Read more: AEJMC 2022 Midwinter Conference: Correcting the record
- JAWS Edit-a-thon: Increasing equality of women journalists on WikipediaBiographies of female and non-binary journalists are underrepresented on Wikipedia, which can lead to issues related to safety, credibility, and recognition. Women Do News,… Read more: JAWS Edit-a-thon: Increasing equality of women journalists on Wikipedia
- Hacks/Hacker London: ’Increasing equality of women journalists on Wikipedia’Biographies of female and non-binary journalists are underrepresented on Wikipedia, which can lead to issues related to safety, credibility, and recognition. Women Do News,… Read more: Hacks/Hacker London: ’Increasing equality of women journalists on Wikipedia’
- Citations Needed! 🔎Need help finding published articles and citations about amazing women journalists who deserve a Wikipedia page? Finding those links to published works about the… Read more: Citations Needed! 🔎
- What does strategic leadership look like?Our board chair Angilee Shah joined Take The Lead to talk about different forms of leadership and the genesis of Women Do News on… Read more: What does strategic leadership look like?
- ONA 21: Fighting ErasureHistorical exclusion and systemic bias in media has erased and omitted female and nonbinary journalists from the digital record, particularly those who are also… Read more: ONA 21: Fighting Erasure
- AAJA & the Wikimedia Foundation: Taking back the narrative
From the Wikimedia Foundation on May 5, 2021: The Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) and the Wikimedia Foundation co-hosted the virtual event, “Taking back… Read more: AAJA & the Wikimedia Foundation: Taking back the narrative - Trusting News: What does Wikipedia have to do with trust?Board member Jareen Imam presented to the Trusting News and JAWS (Journalists and Women Sympsium) communties.
- JAWS + Women Do News edit-a-thon: Write admired women journalists into historyJoin JAWS and Women Do News for #WebinarWednesday and learn how to write women like Betsy Wade into popular digital history. Women journalists are… Read more: JAWS + Women Do News edit-a-thon: Write admired women journalists into history
- Take The Lead Edit-a-Thon: Seeking parity through Wikipedia representationVolunteers with Women Do News collaborated on creating Wikipedia entries for women journalists during our first edit-a-thon in New York City at the Luminary.