MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2005
Cleveland Plain Dealer | InOpinion.com
Dozens of female journalists gathered last week to talk about why more women aren't writing for newspaper opinion pages. "As we hashed it out, it became clear that we're never going to change the gender equation on op-ed pages until more women are willing to take on the risks that come with writing for them," says
Connie Schultz.
Sonni Efron, who solicits and edits opinion articles for the Los Angeles Times, says she has to coax some women not to pull their punches. "Outspoken women attract more attacks," she notes. "But women are coming into positions where we want them to opine. They haven't had much practice doing that, and they need to learn." (A
response.)
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