[Wamvan] Canadian Women's Issues + news on blogging for WIMN on racism in the media

[Frieda Werden]

Did anybody record at the F Word Conference?  I was recording at The
Medicalization of Sex conference at SFU that weekend if anyone wants audio
of that.  Meghan, I think we discussed a trade.

On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Joanna Chiu <chiu.joanna5 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Frieda and all,
>
> Thanks for sending the article. Kalamity and Meenakshi, two WAM Vancouver
> organizers, presented workshops at last month's "The F Word Conference" that
> raised questions about the usefulness of feminism in academia. If you're
> interested in covering this topic on your radio show, they're good contacts.
>
>
> I love Google Alerts. It's a great tool for journalists to think of article
> ideas on certain topics. It's easy to set up here:
> http://www.google.com/alerts
>
> As for Helium, I looked into it when I was younger, and it's a site where
> writers can generate content on whatever they'd like (as opposed to content
> farms like Demand Media where writers have to choose from a SEO-driven list
> of "how to" articles). It is very difficult for writers to make money on
> Helium, but if their articles become very popular, they get paid a bit.
>
> Speaking of writing for free, I'm going to start blogging for WIMN (Women
> in Media and News <http://www.wimnonline.org/WIMNsVoicesBlog/>), an
> organization that has quite similar goals as WAM, about representation or
> race/racism and women of colour in the media.
>
> Please keep sending out interesting links to the wamvan listserv! It's been
> very helpful in helping me generate article ideas. I just wish I had better
> time management and productivity to keep up with all my ideas!
>
> Thanks everyone,
>
> Joanna
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 6:32 AM, Frieda Werden <frieda.werden at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I maintain a Google alert for Canadian Women's Issues.  Sometimes it turns
>> up totally irrelevant stuff, but sometimes I hit paydirt for leads for
>> stories or just interesting news I would never have seen.  Today I got a
>> link to a story on Helium about "Working class feminism in Canada." It's not
>> very long or deep, but it's intriguing.
>> http://www.helium.com/items/2163366-working-class-feminism-in-canada
>>
>> I don't know much about Helium.com - do any of you?
>>
>> --
>> Frieda Werden, Series Producer
>> WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service www.wings.org
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>> Frieda Werden, Series Producer
>> WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service www.wings.org
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