Tanzina Vega is an American journalist whose positions have ranged from weekday host of The Takeaway, a public radio show, to CNNMoney national reporter for race and inequality in America, to staff reporter at The New York Times, where she created and covered a beat on race and ethnicity for the national desk, as well as reporting for the metro […]
Guardian publishes editorial on women & Wikipedia
The Guardian recently published an editorial titled “The Guardian view on Wikipedia’s female volunteers: a hive heroism that changes history.” The article covers the importance of the work we’re trying to do, and names some of our biggest inspirations, like Women in Red! We’re excited to see the cause being highlighted, and encourage you to […]
Now on Wikipedia: Sally Streff Buzbee
Sally Streff Buzbee is an American journalist and editor and the executive editor of The Washington Post. Before joining the Post, Buzbee worked at the Associated Press for more than three decades, serving as executive editor and senior vice president for the last 4+1⁄2 years of her tenure. Read more on Wikipedia.
Thank you to our Wikipedia heroes!
For International Women’s Day, The Guardian’s editorial board made a salute to the volunteers who are helping close the gender gap on Wikipedia. We co-sign! Our collaborators in Women in Red and volunteers for Women Do News are heroes indeed!
Now on Wikipedia: Anastasia [Nastia] Stanko
Anastasia [Nastia] Stanko (Ukrainian: Анастасія Романівна Станко) is a Ukrainian journalist and television hostess, a member of the “Stop censorship” movement. Born in Nyzhniv, Tlumach Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast and after graduating the Lviv University, Stanko worked as journalist for the Pershyi and TVi. In 2013 she became one of the founders of Hromadske TV where she currently works. Read more on Wikipedia.
Now on Wikipedia: Yalda Moaiery
Yalda Moaiery (Persian: یلدا معیری) is an Iranian photojournalist, she is known for war, protest, natural disaster, and conflict photographs. In 2019, she gained international notoriety after Donald Trump had used one of her photos on social media to support an attack on Iran, which she publicly spoke out on. During the Mahsa Amini protests in 2022, she was one of around twenty journalists […]
Now on Wikipedia: Montserrat Minobis i Puntonet
Montserrat Minobis i Puntonet (24 October 1942 – 11 May 2019) was a Spanish feminist journalist. Montserrat Minobis i Puntonet was born in Figueras on 24 October 1942. She was committed to the anti-Franco struggle of the 1970s and was an activist in defense of Catalan culture. She affiliated with various political formations. In the 1990s, she was president of the European […]
Now on Wikipedia: Glenda Umaña
Glenda Cecilia Umaña Hidalgo (San José, 22 de noviembre de 1961) es una periodista y presentadora de televisión costarricense, destacada a nivel latinoamericano como titular de diversos noticieros en CNN en Español hasta noviembre de 2014. In translation: Glenda Cecilia Umaña Hidalgo (San José, November 22, 1961) is a Costa Rican journalist and television presenter, prominent in Latin America as the headliner […]
Now on Wikipedia: Edith Lederer
Edith Lederer, also known as Edie Lederer (born 1943) is an American war journalist. Lederer worked with Jean Heller at the Associated Press (AP) New York City headquarters at 50 Rockefeller Plaza. In 1968, while working at the AP’s San Francisco bureau, Lederer met Peter Buxtun and he spoke to her about his ethical concerns regarding the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. Lederer recognized the newsworthiness of the […]
Now on Wikipedia: Eeva-Kaarina Aronen
Eeva-Kaarina Aronen (30 December 1948 – 16 December 2015) was a Finnish author and journalist. Her novels were nominated for the Runeberg Prize and the Finlandia Prize. Read more on Wikipedia.
