women’s rights

What it takes to cover a foreign country as a woman and during a pandemic

By Cat Woods• Strictly Q&A• March 10, 2021

In Australia, where the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is the nation’s No. 1 source of news, Anne Barker is a household name, with her stories playing across TV, radio and online. She established her credentials covering federal … Read more

Two veteran newswomen learn podcasting to retell the story of women’s suffrage

By Katherine Lanpher• Strictly Q&A• August 18, 2020

Today marks the centennial of the 19th amendment, which says “the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any other state on account of sex.” In other … Read more

“I’d rather go down in history as one lone Negro who dared to tell the government that it had done a dastardly thing than to save my skin by taking back what I said.”

By Kari Howard• One Great Moment• March 28, 2018

Why is it so great? I found this quote from the absolutely amazing Ida B. Wells after The New York Times righted an old wrong by publishing her obit — almost exactly 87 years after her death. She was so … Read more

A tribute to audio storytelling, and to the memory of bedtime stories

By Kari Howard• Narrative News• February 9, 2018

This is a very “audio” week on Storyboard, and I’d like to have more of them. Storytelling has so many forms, and sometimes we hear stories better than we read them. It’s almost like you’re a child and listening to … Read more

“Won’t it be a fine day when anthology specifically focused on women journalists won’t make any sense?”

By Kari Howard• Narrative News• November 10, 2017

This week we spotlighted talented women on Storyboard — be they writers, performers or proto-feminists of the 18th century. I love this quote from Adrian LaBlanc, one of the women included in “The Stories We Tell” anthology below: “I won’t be … Read more