Woman Up

01/11/2024

Hi to our many New York friends, and fans of James Grady. For those who've asked and those who have not), please join us at Barnes and Noble in Brooklyn on Feb.7. Jim's new book is launching that day and we really want to see you there.

Join us for an in-store event, Author James Grady in conversation with S.J. Rozan presenting The Smoke in Our Eyes , on Wednesday, February 14, 2024.

09/26/2022

You're never too old to become a Guinness World Record holder.

Harry Johnson was a rural mail carrier in the Rutland area a century ago.

06/15/2022

If there is one thing that defined Laura Wooten, it was her unwavering dedication to the election process in her community and in the United States of America. For 79 years until her death in 2019, Wooten – the longest continuously serving poll worker in the U.S. – sat behind the voter check-in ...

03/27/2022

Fascinating article about Madeleine Albright by Lynn Sweet. Turns out that journalism’s loss was the world’s gain.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2022/3/23/22993424/chicago-sun-times-didnt-hire-madeleine-albright-wife-secretary-state-clinton-white-house?fbclid=IwAR3SqgZ5p1EWbggPcV82SjJZgg0oyBW5oe38tPwA0krc5-uWHbzBDkGSg_s

A rebuff by a top editor at the Sun-Times was a turning point in the life of Albright, who became the first female Secretary of State when President Bill Clinton tapped her for the post.

03/10/2022

For every copy of "Satisfaction Guaranteed" sold through her Bookshop page, Micheline Maynard will make a donation to World Central Kitchen. Bookshop distributes sales to independent bookstores and she gets a commission, but she's happy to support WCK’s work in Ukraine.

From an accomplished national journalist, a lively look at the inception, growth, future, and unique management style of Zingerman's--a beloved, $70 million-dollar Michigan-based specialty food store with global reach. Certain businesses are legendary, exerting immense influence in their field. Zing...

03/05/2022

Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Andrea Elliott will be the guest this Sunday on the New York Times Readalong. She'll be talking about the eight years she spent reporting for her extraordinary book "Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City." You can watch live from 8:30 to 10 a.m. or on video replay. The advantage of watching live is you can submit comments or questions.

https://www.digimentors.group/post/nytreadalong-andrea-elliott-pulitzer-prize-winning-investigative-reporter

Andrea Elliott, Pulitzer-prize winning investigative reporter for The New York Times is the author of Invisible Child. She has has documented the lives of poor Americans, Muslim immigrants and other people on the margins of power.

09/18/2021

In addition to being a superb athlete, Billie Jean King has done tremendous things to help people around the world, especially women. Her autobiography, "All In," is a great read. On September 19, her co-author, Johnette Howard, will be the guest on the New York Times Readalong from 8:30 to 10 a.m. Eastern time on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube. Johnette will talk about her own career as a sports journalist and author. And she'll talk about the experience of writing the book with BJK. Definitely worth watchging. If you can't watch live, video replay will be available immediately afterward.

https://www.digimentors.group/nytreadalong-johnettehoward-19sept2021

Every week, we review the print edition of the Sunday New York Times, taking audience comments and interviewing special guests.

09/02/2021

Congratulations to Mary C. Curtis, winner of the Ernie Pyle Lifetime Achievement Award for column writing!

https://www.columnists.com/2021/09/mary-c-curtis-epla/

The winner of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists’ 2022 Ernie Pyle Lifetime Achievement Award is…Mary C. Curtis.

08/26/2021

New York has its first female governor!
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/24/nyregion/kathy-hochul-governor-ny.html

Kathy Hochul, who is the first woman to serve as New York’s governor, has vowed to usher in a new era of civility and consensus in state government.

08/19/2021

RUN! — do not walk — to your favorite bookstore to get Billie Jean King's new autobiography, "All In." I have always been a fan of Billie Jean King, and that went up at least a thousand-fold in 1992 when she agreed to be a featured speaker at the convention of the then-unknown Association for Women in Sports Media. BJK has been a voice for equality and equity. She absolutely is a woman who has changed the world.

AND I'm thrilled to say that my friend Johnette Howard, a truly fabulous journalist and writer, is co-author of the book. So what you'll be getting is the story of a remarkable woman told in a beautiful way. (It's also available on Audible.)

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/535045/all-in-by-billie-jean-king-with-johnette-howard-and-maryanne-vollers/

08/12/2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/10/nyregion/kathy-hochul-cuomo-ny-governor.html

When she is sworn in, Ms. Hochul will become the first woman to serve as governor of New York. “I would say there’s no one better suited to step in now than she,” one ally said.

07/20/2021

https://19thnews.org/2021/07/wally-funk-finally-gets-her-moment-in-space/

Wally Funk, denied a chance to go to space in the 1960s, got her chance on Blue Origin's spacecraft on Tuesday morning.

06/21/2021

06/21/2021

Looking for a good summer read? Check out "Mergers and Acquisitions: Or, Everything I Know About Love I Learned on the Wedding Pages" by Cate Doty. Here's an interview with Cate:

https://youtu.be/HLrEh0DR-ic

Click here for our YouTube Playlist:https://readalong.link/youtubeplaylistOur guest this week is Cate Doty, author of "Mergers and Acquisitions...

06/20/2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/20/opinion/baseball-sexual-abuse-harassment.html

A professional athlete ra**ng a reporter is a story about power in our society, and how men wield it against women.

06/06/2021

Ever wonder what it was like for one of the first women to work in the newsroom of The New York Times? Watch the New York Times Readalong at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time on June 6. Linda Amster, a longtime researcher at the newspaper, will talk about her role in some major news stories, like the Pentagon Papers and the moon landing. It should be fascinating.

05/20/2021

This story, by my friend and former colleague Jodi Kantor, is both heartbreaking and life affirming. Please take the time to watch the video. You'll be glad you did.

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/investigative-journalist-jodi-kantor-talks-to-her-grandmother-hana-about-surviving-holocaust/

Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times investigative journalist and CBS News contributor Jodi Kantor sits down with her 97-year-old Holocaust survivor grandmother Hana Kantor in an intimate conversation about survival and anti-Semitism today.

05/20/2021

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/05/14/washington-post-missing-generation-women-488319?fbclid=IwAR3BePm1L8ifBefuQjNA3tJLE9VfoKFb4M__rZNt0HXj7o8KwudPyETWlEw

The Post made history this week by appointing its first female executive editor. But why did the newspaper have to look outside its own ranks for a woman to lead the newroom?