Category Archives: Media Interviews

Gloria Steinem: why the women’s movement is more important than ever

Posted on April 24, 2013 by admin

In the following 3-minute clip from a recent BBC interview, Gloria Steinem explains why the women’s movement is more important than ever. (Spoiler alert: Yes, it does relate to the fact that more American women were killed at the hands … Continue reading →

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Media exposure creates ripples of influence

Posted on April 9, 2013 by admin

There’s no predicting what impact your media intervention might have, but here are a couple of recent examples of the ripples created by published op eds… ****** Two days after Kathleen Wynn was elected leader of the Ontario Liberal party, … Continue reading →

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When they get it wrong

Posted on April 4, 2013 by admin

It’s one of the most commonly-cited deterrents to doing media interviews: not having control over how the words you speak will be used in the resulting story, whether it’s in a newspaper, on the radio or on TV. But just … Continue reading →

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“It’s not about you”

Posted on April 2, 2013 by admin

Will Dena McMartin’s recent op ed in the Regina Leader-Post help prevent a flooding disaster and save lives? It just might. And even if it doesn’t, the informed analysis of the University of Regina professor of environmental systems engineering offered … Continue reading →

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The Motivational Power of Guilt

Posted on January 31, 2013 by admin

Guilt didn’t play a big role in my upbringing: I was never discouraged from having sex in order to prevent my mother from having a heart attack, nor was I warned to do well in school to compensate for any … Continue reading →

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Women’s voices — on women’s issues — missing in action

Posted on October 21, 2012 by admin

The infographic below is depressingly self-explanatory — on one level. It makes clear how entrenched the gender skew is when it comes to who gets quoted in North American media. And — as MediaWatch discovered 20 years ago when we … Continue reading →

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1812 heroine inspires Canadian women to speak up in 2012

Posted on June 18, 2012 by admin

Laura Secord descendant says iconic role model “more relevant than ever” For immediate release: They say you can’t pick your relatives. But even if women’s advocate, Shari Graydon had been able to choose, she couldn’t have improved upon the iconic heroine … Continue reading →

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Getting to “yes”

Posted on June 9, 2012 by admin

  “I’m happy to try to help you.” These are the words I’m now recommending women train themselves to utter when reached by a journalist looking for context to a story. Although the default response for many remains “I’m not … Continue reading →

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