Edge of Change

June O. Nicholson is the associate director of the School of Mass Communication at Virginia Commonwealth University. Pamela J. Creedon is a professor and former director of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Iowa. Wanda S. Lloyd is the executive editor of the Montgomery Advertiser and the founding executive director of the Freedom Forum Diversity Institute at Vanderbilt University. Pamela J. Johnson is the executive director of the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism, University of Missouri.

• Acknowledgments   xiiiForeword   xviiEllen GoodmanIntroduction   1June O. Nicholson1. The Female Mind: Biology of the Twenty-First-Century Woman   27Helen E. FisherPart 1. Historical and Contemporary Perspectives2. Starting on the Cusp of Feminism with Dark Brown Skin   45Dorothy Butler Gilliam3. Interview with Gloria Steinem   62Dorothy Butler Gilliam4. Interview with Nan Robertson   68Dorothy Butler Gilliam5. Learning about Discrimination   75Peggy Simpson6. Moving from Women's Pages to the Editor's Office   77Sandra Mims RowePart 2. How Women are Shaping Newsrooms and Companies7. Facing Unexpected Challenges   89Julia Wallace8. Using New Media to Inform   97Caroline Little9. Credibility: Are Readers Still Buying Ours?   104Donna M. Reed10. Interview with Diane McFarlin   113Donna M. reed11. Women in Sports as the Final Frontier   116Cathy Henkel12. "Gender Genie"   126Cathy HenkelPart 3. Women as Op-Ed Columnists and Editors of Editorial Pages13. Women Op-Ed Columnists: Why Aren't More of Them Published?   131Keven Ann Willey14. Finding Great Women Op-Ed Columnists   137Sharon GrigsbyPart 4. Women in International Journalism15. Covering War through a Woman's Eyes   143Kirsten Scharnberg Hampton16. Photography in Distant Lands   155Carol Guzy17. Women in News Photography   160Carol Guzy18. International Journalism in a New Ear   164Kathleen CarrollPart 5. Women Leaders in an Era of Corporate, Legal, and Commercial Pressures19. The Imperiled Media: At Long Last, Promise?   171Geneva Overholser20. The Challenges for a Free Press in the Twenty-First Century   179Jane KirtleyPart 6. Women Making Choices21. The Choice to Stay   191Margaret Sullivan22. Balancing News and Family   195Jan Leach23. Young Women Making Career Choices   203Jan Leach24. Women in Community Journalism   207Jan LeachPart 7. Beyond Gender Diversity25. Civil Rights and Searching for Community Values   213Wanda S. Lloyd26. Finding Voice   224Arlene Notoro Morgan27. Coming Out   235Deb Price28. Covering Asian Americans   246Catalina CamiaPart 8. The Future: Shifting Paradigms29. Women in the Blogosphere   257Pamela J. Creedon and Jan Leach30. Interview with Denise Polverine   262Jan Leach31. Reaching the Changing Audience   265Paula Ellis32. The Future of Women in News and the Business of Journalism   274Marty Petty33. Interview with Gary Pruitt   294Marty PettyAfterword   297Pamela J. Creedon and Pamela J. JohnsonContributors   303Index   311Photographs follow page 154

"A much-needed update of existing books on women in the press. The richness of this work lies in its use of accomplished women's own voices to tell of their achievements and their struggles, even into the twenty-first century. Anyone interested in women's history will enjoy this fine book."--Kay Mills, author of Changing Channels: The Civil Rights Case That Transformed Television