Power Of Service and Vision: Center of Public Integrity CEO Leads With Purpose

“I am not CEO Susan; it sounds like a new version of Barbie,” says Susan Smith Richardson, CEO of the Center for Public Integrity. As keynote speaker at the recent Journalism & Women Symposium annual Conference and Mentoring Project in Williamsburg, Va. recently, Richardson, the award-winning former editorial director of Newsroom Practice Change at Solutions Journalism Network and former editor and publisher of The Chicago Reporter, spoke of the value of using your power in service to fulfill a vision.

Career success, Changing the Power Par..., Changing the Workplace, Inspirational Role Models, ParityMichele WeldonOctober 4, 2019women CEOs, Women in journalism, corporate culture, inclusivity, systemic changeComment

The Best Leadership Strategies From Today's Top Journalism Innovators

“I geek out about leadership,” says Mira Lowe, president of Journalism & Women Symposium, assistant dean at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications and director of the Innovation News Center there. Leading a panel on “Stepping into Leadership” at the recent JAWS Conference and Mentoring Program, Lowe, who was a recent participant in Take The Lead’s 50 Women Can Change The World in Journalism program, adds, “Leadership is a constant avocation. You are never done learning about leadership.”

Change Leadership, Career success, Ambition / Intention, Changing the Workplace, MediaMichele WeldonOctober 1, 2019Journalism, Leadership, 50 Women In Journalism, Women Innovators, inclusivityComment

Preferred Pronouns At Work: Are You Current and Inclusive?

At business meetings, conferences and through email introductions, it is becoming more common to include pronouns of choice, identifying yourself as she/her, he/him or they/them. Misusing pronouns in speaking about a colleague or business associate has recently become a concern for some, sparking backlash for those unfamiliar with the necessity to be empathic about pronoun preference and choice.

Changing the Power Par..., Changing the Workplace, Life tools and tips, Leadership tools and tips, ParityMichele WeldonSeptember 24, 2019Pronouns, Gender Neutral, Workplace Culture, inclusivity, LGBTQComment

Matter of Pride: LGBTQ Fairness At Work Is Good Business

Creating a workplace culture that is fair and inclusive is good business. Beyond the rainbow merch, prideparades and events across the country marking June as LGBTQ Pride Month, fairness...

Changing the Workplace, Leadership/Organizational, Movement BuildingMichele WeldonMay 31, 2019Authentic Leadership, business, inclusivity, LGBTQ, Workplace CultureComment

A Real Live Woman Joins the Late Night Lineup!

If you’re like me, and you’ve always been more of a Colbert Report connoisseur than a Daily Show devotee, there’s a good chance you hadn’t even heard of late night’s newest kid on the block until recently. But it has been impossible to escape one name as of late: Samantha Bee.