women in media

In an Australian first Channel Nine’s breakfast program The Today Show will be helmed by two women after broadcaster Deborah Knight was announced as Karl Stefanovic’s replacement.

Australia lost one of its most high profile female leaders, with ABC managing director Michelle Guthrie sacked from the role yesterday.

The ABC Board have removed Michelle Guthrie after saying it was “not in the best interests of the ABC for Ms Guthrie to continue to lead the organisation”.

Channel 10’s pilot program schedule yesterday included 8 men and 0 women. The decision sparked mass criticism which the network deems ‘disappointing’.

The much loved former ABC journalist died peacefully in her sleep in Greece, aged 67.

Sporting events are often a hotbed of sexism and the World Cup is proving no different. But women (and men) are calling time on it.

In maintaining her line and failing to slink away, Emma Alberici has joined the ranks of Gillian Triggs and Yassmin Abdel-Magied. She is a woman with a platform she is not afraid to use, and we know, too well, how this combination plays out in Australia.

Women make 80% of purchasing decisions so why aren’t Super Bowl Ads made with women in mind? The #3percentsb hashtag calls out the sexism.

Why Lisa Wilkinson broke up with Today because she wanted to be paid the same as her male co-host on Channel 9, Karl Stefanovic.

Why don’t women report sexual harassment? They fear Amy Taeuber’s fate. She was fired from Channel Seven after making a complaint.

Rare Birds Speak: The world’s first women’s only talent agency opens in Australia with Jo Burston and Lucy Perry at the helm.