Press Release - IWMF Calls for Applications for U.S. Leadership Institute for Women Journalists
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IWMF Calls for Applications for U.S. Leadership Institute for Women Journalists
Washington, D.C. – The International Women's Media Foundation is now seeking applications for its 2008 Leadership Institute for Women Journalists. The innovative program, which prepares women to become leaders in newsrooms, will be held July 21-25 in Chicago.
The deadline for applications is April 16, 2008.
The week-long institute offers opportunities for women journalists from print, broadcast and Internet media to:
- Develop skills that will have an immediate impact in their journalism careers
- Participate in interactive sessions on leadership issues
- Network with colleagues from across the country
- Explore what it takes to be a media leader
- Discuss issues critical to their careers with successful women media managers
- Develop an action plan for future career goals
- Marci Burdick, senior vice president/broadcast, Schurz Communications
- Jill Geisler, Leadership & Management group leader, Poynter Institute
- Liza Gross, managing editor/presentation & operations, The Miami Herald
- Marcy McGinnis, director of broadcast journalism, Stony Brook University; former senior vice president for news coverage, CBS News
This program is made possible by a generous grant from the McCormick Tribune Foundation. The IWMF will offer a limited number of scholarships to minority women journalists.
Founded in 1990, the International Women's Media Foundation is a vibrant global network dedicated to strengthening the role of women in the news media worldwide as a means to further freedom of the press. The IWMF network includes women and men in the media in more than 130 countries worldwide. For more information, visit www.iwmf.org.
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