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Women’s eNews' 2008 Status Report on U.S. Women, The Memo, written by editor in chief Rita Henley Jensen has won the daily, online, independent news service a second Exceptional Merit in Media award (EMMA) from the National Women’s Political Caucus. Other winners include Ms. Magazine for the story The Scandal of Military Rape by Helen Benedict, and the feature film Precious, based on the novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire.
The Memo and the following eight-part news series was published over 2008 as a guide for delegates at the national Democratic and Republican conventions being held across the country. The status update drew attention to the gendered wage gap and barriers to employment; reproductive health; violence against women and homophobia.
In their findings of particular merit the EMMA Judges Committee cited:
Jensen is untiring in her journalistic mission to bring a women’s perspective to the news. The site not only succeeds in showing how women define their own lives, but it is a model for honest, authentic story telling that women can trust.
To read The Memo and related articles, please visit womensenews.org/.
For more information or commentary contact Rita Henley Jensen / P: (212) 244 1744 / E: rita[.]womensenews.org.
The ceremony to honor the winners and other nominees will be held on October 14, 2010, at the Cornell Club in New York City. The event is being co-hosted by many notable women including Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Gloria Steinem, and 23 other members of Congress and women’s organizations including Emily’s List, and the National Organization for Women.
For more information contact Linda Young, 1st Vice President of National Women’s Political Caucus, (512) 423-0744 or visit nwpc.org/events.
About Women’s eNews
Women's eNews (womensenews.org) is a prize-winning nonprofit news service supported by its readers and other donors. Launched in 2000, the independent media outlet provides news coverage unavailable anywhere else of substantive issues of particular concern to women and women’s views on public policy. Rita Henley Jensen is founder and editor in chief.
About NWPC
The National Women's Political Caucus (nwpc.org) is a multipartisan, multicultural grassroots organization dedicated to increasing women's participation in the political field and creating a political power base designed to achieve equality for all women. Founded in 1971, the NWPC prides itself in increasing the number of pro-choice women elected and appointed into office every year.
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