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Nonilex Sep 5, 2024

#The19th wanted to ‘normalize’ #women in #power. In 2024, it’s dreaming bigger.
 The nonprofit newsroom, entering its fifth year, is making new hires & planning to grow an endowment.  The birth of the 19th came in the wake of #HillaryClinton’s 2016 electoral loss — & a growing frustration that traditional #news #media wasn’t equipped to cover women in #political life.

#Equity #Women #LGBTQ+ #gender #journalism #politics
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/09/05/19th-news-site-ramshaw-lasharah-bunting/

The 19th wanted to ‘normalize’ women in power. In 2024, it’s dreaming bigger.

The 19th focuses on gender in its coverage of politics and policy. It’s gearing up for a historic presidential election.

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Nonilex Sep 5, 2024

In one of #The19th’s first big scoops, founding reporter #ErrinHaines landed the 1st interview w/ #KamalaHarris after she joined the Dem presidential ticket in 2020.
 “Joe Biden had the audacity to choose a Black woman to be his running mate—how incredible is that?” Harris told Haines….
 Now…the nonprofit news outfit that covers #politics & #policy w/a focus on #gender is gearing up to cover a presidential election cycle that…has a #woman of color at the top of a major party ticket.

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“The moment we’re in right now, in a lot of ways, is the moment our newsroom was made for,” said #EmilyRamshaw, the 19th’s CEO & co-founder. “It’s absolutely fine to question a candidate’s credentials. But #The19th exists to make sure we don’t question the electability of #women, & of women of color in particular. We exist to normalize the leadership of women & queer people.”

#Equity #Women #LGBTQ+ #journalism #media