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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Upcoming

Past events

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  Owning the narrative at the Asian American Journalists AssociationJuly 27th, 2022
  Women Do News was at the Asian American Journalists Association this year, with a panel on Wednesday, July 27, and guerrilla editing throughout the […]
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  Changing the Face of NewsApril 19th, 2022
  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 […]
• AEJMC 2022 Midwinter Conference: Correcting the recordMarch 5th, 2022
  Board 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 […]
• JAWS Edit-a-thon: Increasing equality of women journalists on WikipediaOctober 16th, 2021
  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, […]
• Hacks/Hacker London: ’Increasing equality of women journalists on Wikipedia’September 22nd, 2021
  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, […]
• Citations Needed! 🔎September 15th, 2021
  Need help finding published articles and citations about amazing women journalists who deserve a Wikipedia page? Finding those links to published works about the […]
• What does strategic leadership look like?July 28th, 2021
  Our board chair Angilee Shah joined Take The Lead to talk about different forms of leadership and the genesis of Women Do News on […]
• ONA 21: Fighting ErasureJune 25th, 2021
  Historical exclusion and systemic bias in media has erased and omitted female and nonbinary journalists from the digital record, particularly those who are also […]
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  AAJA & the Wikimedia Foundation: Taking back the narrativeMay 26th, 2021
  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 […]
• Trusting News: What does Wikipedia have to do with trust?March 23rd, 2021
  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 historyJanuary 25th, 2021
  Join JAWS and Women Do News for #WebinarWednesday and learn how to write women like Betsy Wade into popular digital history.  Women journalists are […]
• Take The Lead Edit-a-Thon: Seeking parity through Wikipedia representationNovember 16th, 2020
  Volunteers 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.