Women journalists calling people out

We recently asked if women politicians can call people out, a subject that was pertinent given Hillary Clinton’s latest book where she does just that. Now we turn to women journalists. Journalism is all about raising uncomfortable questions, speaking up and having to call people out, especially those in power. But women journalists face especially harsh abuse online, and the BBC’s Laura Kuennesberg even had to have a bodyguard at a recent party conference after receiving very violent threats online. We speak to Eleanor Mills, editor of the Sunday Times Magazine and the chair of Women in Journalism, and try to untangle whether women journalists can call people out, and the pros and cons of being a woman with regards to speaking up.

We’ll look at some transgender terminology that people frequently use incorrectly, after Nas did just this on a recent episode, and we recommend two podcasts for you to check out: The Ministry of Ideas and Badass Women’s Hour.

Host & producer: Nas aka Nastaran Tavakoli-Far

Co-producer: Cady Voge

Sponsor: Casper, state-of-the-art mattresses https://casper.com/uk/en/

Guests: Eleanor Mills, Editor of The Sunday Times Magazine https://twitter.com/EleanorMills

Ash, podcast listener

Related links:

The Sunday Times Magazine interview with Hillary Clinton http://bit.ly/2y4Odag

The Sunday Times Magazine podcast http://apple.co/2ySfPhV

Moneyball clip ‘The first guy through the wall’ http://bit.ly/2xqmSSZ

The Gender Knot https://www.thegenderknot.com/

Podcast recommendations:

Ministry of Ideas https://www.ministryofideas.org/

Badass Women’s Hour http://apple.co/2xsbm4H

Music: Government Funded Weed by Black Ant (used under Creative Commons)