Media – Ms. Magazine

When Abortion Becomes Ordinary

When TV comedies like Shrill tackle abortion, they do away with the drama.

When Reporting on Rape Stands in the Way of Justice

Uncoordinated and overzealous documentation of the horrific violence Rohingya women have suffered harms both accountability efforts and the well-being of survivors.

The Media’s Gender Gap Isn’t Improving

Roxy Szal

What will it take for news organizations to realize women’s voices matter? It’s the question resounding in the wake of new research from the Women’s Media Center which found that, across all platforms, men receive 63 percent of bylines and credits, and women receive only 37 percent.

Donald Trump Hired a Disgraced Fox Executive to the White House Press Team

Emma Encinas

Bill Shine, a now-disgraced former Fox News executive who assisted in covering-up sex crimes at the network, is now the White House deputy chief of staff for communications.

How We’re Doing: The Voices of Women of Color are Missing from U.S. Newsrooms

Cori Bratby-Rudd

A new report by the Women’s Media Center finds that women of color represent just 7.95 percent of print newsroom staff, 12.6 percent of local TV news staff and 6.2 percent of local radio staff in the U.S.

Small But Mighty: Independent News Outlets Are Making An Outsized Impact

Jo Ellen Green Kaiser

The message of a new study is clear: If we want to foster robust conversations about national policy, we need to continue to support independent news outlets.

Fox News is Trying to Victim-Blame Its Way Out of New Sexual Assault Allegations

Karen Stefano

Former Fox News guest correspondent Scottie Nell Hughes filed a lawsuit against the network last week after it was reported that the network would not pursue further investigations into her sexual assault allegations against network commentator Charles Payne.