Few surprises from the 2014 VIDA Count
Drum roll please. The 2014 VIDA Count has been revealed. Vida represents Women in Literary Arts and undertakes an annual survey to profile the gender (and now race) of contributors… Read more »
A new prize for Women in Journalism
A new prize has been created to reward innovation among female journalists, The Guardian reports. The Georgina Henry Women in Journalism Award for Innovation will be awarded by Women in Journalism… Read more »
Some VIDA numbers are improving. What else should we count?
That time of year is here again: the VIDA count is up for 2013. You probably already know that VIDA counts the bylines and reviews of various publications and presents… Read more »
2014: the year of reading women?
Sometime last year, I pinned a sheet of paper above my desk with the title “Women Writers” and began forming a list of names of female writers that I had… Read more »
Male reviewers and authors vastly outnumber female in UK publications
Here in the US, we’re familiar with the VIDA Count, an annual survey that compares the number of male and female book reviewers and authors covered in the press. Now… Read more »