Feminist Fridays #68: Equality in the Newsroom

Wade C. L. Williams, Freelance journalist

13-Jul-18 15:00

Feminist Fridays #68: Equality in the Newsroom

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Wade C.L. Williams is a multiple award-winning journalist, who received death threats for writing on topics like discrimination against homosexuals and female genital mutilation in her home country of Liberia, and she also faced threats for reporting on corruption in Liberia’s government. Wade was also on the front lines in Monrovia as an investigative journalist during the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in 2014, and her rigorous, first person account of what happened before, during and after the Ebola outbreak, brought the story to the global stage. She joins us to share her stories of covering these difficult topics, while also fighting for equality in the newsroom.

Produced by: Juliet Jacobs

Presented by: Juliet Jacobs

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Categories: Politics, Law and Legal Matters, Social Issues, Education

Tags: Feminist Fridays, Feminism, Ebola, Gender equality in the Newsroom, live and learn, The Bigger Picture,

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11:00 AM

Best of Enterprise

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12:00 PM

Popcorn Culture

(REPEAT) A review of the latest attempt to reboot Superman and launch a DC movie franchise, followed by a discussion about the best superheroes of all time.

1:00 PM

Cruise Control

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2:00 PM

Matt-Splained

(REPEAT) Matt and Richard discuss the narratives behind Builder.ai and what led to its downfall.

3:00 PM

Earth Matters

(REPEAT) The Bonn climate talks concluded with more gaps than gains, raising concerns for developing nations and the 1.5°C global warming limit on the road to COP30. Meenakshi Raman, the President of Sahabat Alam Malaysia, helps to unpack these implications.

4:00 PM

Bar None

(REPEAT) Sports journalist T. Avineshwaran joins us to talk about Harimau Malaya and the upcoming Malaysia Super League.

5:00 PM

BBC World Service

Two doctors from South Africa and Australia tell Ella Al-Shamahi from The Conversation about the rewards of working in rural communities and the challenges of being hundreds of miles from the nearest large hospital.

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