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Gender and Mass Media - Fall '10

The following interviews with successful women in online journalism were conducted by the University of Iowa Gender and Mass Media Fall 2010. Women from every continent were interviewed. The class was directed by professor Pamela Creedon. See side bar for her bio. 

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Back row, l. to r. Andrea Cohen, Erin Leigh, Taylor Wilson, Mark Rigby, Devin Grask, Margaret Taha and Dana Deyoe  Middle row, l to r. Anna McLean, Caitlin Mangin, Erin Phillips, Sarah Ferguson, Stephanie Cardenas, Rachel Lander and Sarah Holmes  Front row, l to r Guannan Huang, Stephanie Schultz, Cristin Noonan, Katherine Quinlan, Christine Souferis, Kellie Peterson=

Successful Women in Online Journalism
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# Article Title Hits
1 ..Intro 345
2 Alice Speri, Reporter | Haiti/USA 699
3 Bingwu Deng, Associate Chief of Production | China 1546
4 Brittany Shoot, Editor | Denmark 613
5 Cheery Zahau, Human Rights Activist and Blogger| Burma 664
6 Esther Nakkazi, Science Reporter, Africa 749
7 Glory Mushinge, Freelance Journalist | Zambia 686
8 Katharine Daniels Kurz, founder and executive editor, The Women's International Perspective | USA 767
9 Lamia Zia, Columnist | USA/Pakistan 1007
10 Lien De Coster, Journalist | Belgium 656
11 Mai Al-Khaja, Professor | United Arab Emirates 636
12 Megan Kamerick, Business Journalist | USA 638
13 Meghan Lewis, Journalist | Cambodia 368
14 Moira Birss, Blogger | USA 393
15 Nusrat Ara, Journalist | Kashmir 434
16 Petya Eckler, Assistant Professor | USA/Bulgaria 356
17 Reem Abbas, Journalist | Sudan 391
18 Rongmei Feng, Journalist | China 672
19 Rose-Anne Clermont, Blogger | Germany 433
20 Rosebell Kagumire, Journalist | Uganda 754
21 Sarah Irving, Freelance Journalist | England 368
22 Suad Hamada, Journalist | Bahrain 407
23 Susan Mwape, Journalist | Zambia 521
24 Svetlomira Gurova, Journalist | Bulgaria 416
25 Vera von Kreutzbruck, Journalist | Germany 346
26 Zubeuda Mustafa, Journalist | Pakistan 359
 

Pamela Creedon

Pamela CreedonThe Gender and Mass Media class is taught by Pamela Creedon. Prof. Creedon is the former director of School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Iowa, and former director at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Kent State University. Active in feminist scholarship, Creedon served as an editor of The Edge of Change: Women in the 21st Century Press published by the University of Illinois Press (2009). Previously, she served as editor of Women in Mass Communication: Challenging Gender Values by Sage (2007, 1994, 1989). She is also an editor of Seeking Equity for Women in Journalism and Mass Communication: A 30-Year Update published by (2004) and is the editor of Women, Media and Sport published by Sage (1994).

Professor Creedon earned her master's degree in journalism from the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon, and her bachelor's degree in English from Mount Union College in Alliance, Ohio.