While the media landscape continues to change, Americans’ constitutional right to free press remains constant. Granted by our Founding Fathers, America’s earliest leaders recognized the critical role a free press plays in seeking the truth, informing the public, and holding the government accountable. During the week of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Story Partners and […]
Women are still depressingly underrepresented in the media. Each year, the Women’s Media Center surveys newsrooms on their representation and in 2018, it found that women make up 41.7 percent of the total workforce in the outlets that responded. Even worse, people of color comprised just 22.6 percent. I’m proud that HuffPost has a majority-female […]
It is a great privilege to be honored by Washington Women in Journalism. I am humbled and gratified to be included in this esteemed group. A great deal has changed since I began reporting in Washington for NBC News more than forty years ago. Journalism has, of course, been transformed by the digital revolution, vastly […]
“The truth, no matter how bad, is never as dangerous as a lie in the long run.” Today, that quote from the legendary newspaper editor Ben Bradlee is an important reminder to all journalists that the pursuit of facts is more important than the comfort of powerful people. These days, simply asking questions can make […]
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Women in Journalism…
/in Article, Washington Women in Journalism /by Story PartnersMSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell was the featured honoree at the 6th Annual Washington Women in Journalism Awards at Anderson House in Washington, DC on April 25, co-hosted by Gloria Dittus, Chairman Story Partners and Washingtonian President and CEO Cathy Merrill Williams. The Thursday night event kicks off The White House Correspondents’ Association dinner weekend festivities.