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US Media Now Led By Women

It sort of snuck up on us. But women now lead or co-lead most major US media outlets.

There’s Kimberly Godwin at ABC News, Wendy McMahon at CBS News, Rashida Jones at MSNBC, Rebecca Blumenstein at NBC News, and Suzanne Scott at Fox News.

And, within the past few years alone, women’s leadership is now felt far beyond traditional TV. There’s CEO Meredith Kopit Levien running the show at The New York Times; there’s Executive Editor Sally Buzbee frontrunning stories at the Washington Post; there’s Vanity Fair’s Editor-in-Chief Radhika Jones. There’s also a whole roster of women leaders at outlets like Reuters, Fortune, and McClatchy.

Let’s take a minute to appreciate that and applaud them. And then look at why this matters, and the risks.

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What The Elle - 🗞️ Women Making (Literal) Headlines

US Media Now Led By Women

“Things like catering a party so I can spend more time with friends and less [time] worrying about making and serving good food, or not stressing about retirement are all HUGE when it comes to happiness.”

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