Our Focus

NMWE is a unique initiative addressing opportunity and innovation, recruitment and retention for women in journalism by spotlighting their ingenuity and entrepreneurial abilities. Pilot projects will show what can be done. Research will tell us what more to do. And an awards program and summit will showcase women’s creative ideas. NMWE is supported by the McCormick Tribune Foundation.

Heads Up!

The deadline for proposals has passed.

Thanks to all who applied. We received 190 applications!

Award

Who do you think has rocked the world of online journalism? In 2009, NMWE will honor one new media woman entrepreneur with a $2,000 award.

Nominate a woman whose creative contribution to news inspires you.

The award will be given at a summit for new media women entrepreneurs next year.

NMWE seeks to map the creative assets of women and validate new ideas. It is an initiative of J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism at the University of Maryland.

In Business:

Champions of Innovation

"Fortune 500 companies are building cultures of creativity with a "new breed of 'C-suite' managers ...

"They share many traits, but three stand out: First, they speak the language of design and user-friendliness. Second, they derive their clout directly from the top ... And finally, they are mostly women. Nearly 70 percent of the Innovation Champions are female. Ponder that."

BusinessWeek.com
June 19, 2006

Facts/Figures

Women make up just:

• Two-thirds of J-School students but only one-third of the full-time journalism workforce.

• 15% of executive leaders and 12% of board members in top communications companies.