June 4, 2009

Chazy Dowaliby moderates a mayoral debate in Quincy, Mass., where she is editor of the Patriot Ledger.

‘The opportunities are limited only to the passion, the ability, and the commitment to keep at it, for better or for worse. Print journalism is a vocation, not a job. If you care about public service, if you see the relevance and the significance of a free and vibrant press, then you can and will succeed — male or female.’

- Chazy Dowaliby,
Editor,
The Enterprise of Brockton, Mass., Patriot Ledger of Quincy, Mass.

With glass ceiling broken
Women journalists see
advancement as based
solely on merit now

By Adrianne Loggins
Bulletin Staff

This year, for the first time, all of the top editors at the University of Rhode Island’s student daily, The Good Five Cent Cigar, are women, according to Linda Levin, a professor of journalism there.

The presence of women in top leading positions throughout the news industry is more common now than it was 30 years ago, and it has made a lasting impact on newspapers, Levin said.

Levin has worked as a reporter for The Providence (R.I.) Journal, as a prize-winning freelance writer, as a book author, and as a professor of journalism for 24 years.

Levin said she never felt intimidated in the newsroom, just angry and frustrated. MORE>

Guild, Globe talks continue
on concessions, 23% pay cut

The Boston Newspaper Guild, the largest union at The Boston Globe, met with company management June 15 and June 16 to discuss the 23 percent pay cut the Globe has imposed in the wake of the
Guild's rejection of concessions requested by the Globe to achieve $10 million in savings on the Guild's contract.

The Globe reported June 16 that the initial meeting June 15 appeared to have turned into a bargaining session, with talks continuing for more than 13 hours.

Daniel Totten, Guild president, told the Globe that the talks were centered on reducing the 23 percent pay cut. MORE>

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