It's not breaking news that women media executives lag behind their male counterparts in advancing their careers on an industry-wide scale. For instance, although women make up nearly half of the daily newspaper workforce, only 14 percent have the clout title of CEO, president or publisher, according to the 2003 Women in Newspapers report. In addition, research shows women, with only a few exceptions, to be clustered at the lower levels or at posts outside the most prevalent lines of succession.

Of course, it's not all bad news for women, because they continue to make professional strides on many different and individual levels within media companies.  This year the Media Management Center invites you to join our most collaborative effort yet, our third annual conference, “Women in Media: Power and Influence” on February 24-26, 2004 at the James Allen Center on the Northwestern University Evanston campus.

There you will collaborate with women from a variety of mediums, forming lasting professional and social networks, gaining insight into contemporary industry issues and, most importantly, developing and honing the skills necessary to address the obstacles facing women in the industry. Thanks to a grant from the Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation, the low registration fee includes training materials, meals and lodging.

This conference will affect the lives of future women leaders in the media profession. 

 

			February 24 - 26, 2004 James Allen Center, Northwestern University Evanston, Ill Download the brochure Download a PDF version of the brochure (File is 140KB) Find out more about this seminar Regina Glaspie 847-467-4371 rhglaspie@northwestern.edu Download an application Download a PDF version of the application (File is 75KB) .