Aloud Blog
September 23, 2011
This summer we discussed the tabloid shake-up across the pond and despite the change in seasons the aftermath of this news continues to ensue. In July, News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch and his son James, deputy chief operating officer at News Corp...
September 14, 2011
Summer is over, school is back in session and companies are gearing up for the annual race to improve year-end performance. That means, for many of us, the pressure is on. And that’s why September is the perfect time to offer some de-stressing...
September 9, 2011
Summer is officially over and students have headed back to school for what hopes to be a promising year. Some are in the home stretch of their senior year just a few credits shy of graduating while other students are just beginning their undergrad...
August 25, 2011
In a time when unemployment is holding at 9% and the stock market looks more like a rollercoaster ride, it’s a surprise to hear about any facet of the media industry expanding – let alone local newscasts. St. Louis’s NBC affiliate, KSDK is expanding...
August 12, 2011
Networking is something we all do to grow our businesses, find new career paths, seek out advice and establish ourselves. However, the ability and success at networking may have a lot to do with gender. Across the board, men and women do things...
July 31, 2011
How can it possibly be the middle of summer already? If by chance you still haven’t found your ideal summer read, do we have a book list for you! From Oprah to Scientific American, this is the mother of all of summer book lists.NYWICI: We’ll start...
July 13, 2011
Here's a happy sign of changing times: When Google announced the winners of the inaugural Google Science Fair on July 12, the top prizes in all three age groups went to young women!
According to the story on the Google Blog, the winners and their...
July 5, 2011
The date: March 5, 1978.
The film: An Unmarried Woman.The Milestone: Marked the first time Hollywood attempted to paint an accurate portrait of a woman going through divorce, with all of its trials and triumphs. Jill Clayburgh, who played divorcee...
June 20, 2011
When NYWICI member Erica Ayisi moved to Ghana in January to kick-start her career as a television journalist, she promised us updates about her experiences. In her latest post, she shares some of the stories she's been working on and reflects on...
June 12, 2011
Note: This is my opinion and not necessarily the position of New York Women in Communications.
On February 18, the GOP-led House of Representatives voted to end funding for Planned Parenthood. Although the measure was voted down in the Senate,...
June 5, 2011
On May 17 Sheryl Sandberg — 2011 Matrix Award honoree and Chief Operating Officer of Facebook — delivered a challenging and inspirational commencement address to the graduates of Barnard College. Her subject was the continuing inequality of...
May 26, 2011
The incident with Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the housekeeper at the Sofitel in New York City has the media suddenly focused on the risk involved in cleaning hotel rooms. Some pundits have expressed skepticism that such incidents are common.
I...
May 10, 2011
From the Supreme Court to toy advertising, people have been talking and writing about women and girls. Here’s a brief roundup.
Writing in the Huffington Post, Amanda Terkel reported that according to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, women...
May 6, 2011
The website No Country for Young Women takes its name from this Virginia Woolf quote: "As a woman, I have no country. As a woman my country is the world."
The site's mission is to connect interesting, successful working women of different ages...
April 23, 2011
Sharon Olds has a soft voice that somewhat masks the power of her words. The Poetry Foundation describes her as "known for writing intensely personal, emotionally scathing poetry which graphically depicts family life as well as global political...