New media outlet covering the intersection of women and politics launches as 2020 election kicks off
Source: The Washington Post
The idea of creating a new media outlet focused on women came to Emily Ramshaw four years ago during her maternity leave. “But I was covered in spit-up and baby diapers, and I knew it was the wrong time,” she recalled.
Then came the election of President Trump, the Women’s March, the start of the #MeToo movement. “It seems like there was a niche nonprofit newsroom for almost everything, and I wondered to myself why no one had created one at the intersection of women and politics,” Ramshaw said. She kept seeing a need.
She continued in her role as editor in chief of the Texas Tribune but could not get the idea out of her head. In March last year, she sat down with Amanda Zamora, the Tribune’s chief audience officer and a veteran of the investigative nonprofit ProPublica, and presented her idea.
“You could tell she was completely taken with this idea of a site that looked at the impact of politics and policy on women,” Zamora said. “Once she is set on something, you have no doubt that she’s going to make it happen, and I knew it was something I wanted to participate in.”
The two were soon holding meetings with advisers and funders, pitching them on their vision and honing it as they went.
Click here to read the full article published by The Washington Post on 24 January 2020.
The idea of creating a new media outlet focused on women came to Emily Ramshaw four years ago during her maternity leave. “But I was covered in spit-up and baby diapers, and I knew it was the wrong time,” she recalled.
Then came the election of President Trump, the Women’s March, the start of the #MeToo movement. “It seems like there was a niche nonprofit newsroom for almost everything, and I wondered to myself why no one had created one at the intersection of women and politics,” Ramshaw said. She kept seeing a need.
She continued in her role as editor in chief of the Texas Tribune but could not get the idea out of her head. In March last year, she sat down with Amanda Zamora, the Tribune’s chief audience officer and a veteran of the investigative nonprofit ProPublica, and presented her idea.
“You could tell she was completely taken with this idea of a site that looked at the impact of politics and policy on women,” Zamora said. “Once she is set on something, you have no doubt that she’s going to make it happen, and I knew it was something I wanted to participate in.”
The two were soon holding meetings with advisers and funders, pitching them on their vision and honing it as they went.
Click here to read the full article published by The Washington Post on 24 January 2020.