Ladies Leading

This third of five episodes explores the newsroom experiences of the women featured in the new groundbreaking book, Ladies Leading: The Black Women Who Control Television News. Author Ava Thompson Greenwell and several Northwestern University women students of color discuss the managers' experiences and responses to the various types of microaggressions the news managers endured. Learn more by going to https://ladiesleading.net

This second of five episodes provides a brief history of the pioneering journalism careers of black women news managers such as Ida B. Wells, Mary Shadd Cary and Charlotta Bass. These women laid the foundation for the management careers of the 40 women featured in the new groundbreaking book, Ladies Leading: The Black Women Who Control Televisions News. Author Ava Thompson Greenwell and several Northwestern University women students of color discuss how the managers' family lives and educational backgrounds contributed to their newsroom leadership styles.

This first of five episodes provides an introduction to the professional and personal lives of 40 women featured in the groundbreaking new book, Ladies Leading: The Black Women Who Control Televisions News. Key concepts such as FOMM (fear of making a mistake) and ITS (intellectual theft syndrome) are discussed by author Ava Thompson Greenwell and several Northwestern University women students of color.

Learn more by going to https://ladiesleading.net