At the helm of the top media outlets in the nation are all men. The Washington Post's Media Columnist Margaret Sullivan explains the conditions facing women in news, and ways to close the gender gap in newsroom mastheads.
"I think there are more women in powerful positions in media than there ever have been before," says Sullivan. "The problem is at the very, very top of those very powerful news organizations it's pretty rare for a woman to have broken through."
Men wrote 52 percent of bylined news articles and opinion pieces about reproductive issues in the nation’s 12 most widely circulated newspapers and news wires. Meanwhile, women penned 37 percent, according to the 2017 Women's Media Center Report. Men won 84 percent of a century’s worth of Pulitzer Prizes, while women won only 16 percent according to Women's Media Center.
On how the #MeToo movement has impacted newsrooms, Sullivan says, "to say this whole thing gone too far is really misguided." She goes on to say, "I think what's really going to rule the day is that this major reckoning we're having in our society and how extremely important it is and how it was brought about by courageous journalists and courageous women."
Kathryn Finney, founder of DigitalUndivided, wants to help minority entrepreneurs gain access to venture capital money for their start-ups.
Apple casts a long shadow, and that's never more apparent than after a new product launch. John Vinh, equity research analyst at KeyBanc, ticked off the companies that, as part of Apple's supply chain, stand to benefit from the latest iPhone launch.
Boutique fitness classes are taking on traditional gyms as the workout of choice for millennial fitness buffs. Sarah Larson Levey, founder of Y7, said that she initially started a new yoga studio to appeal to people like her who weren't feeling fulfilled in other yoga classes.
To get more television viewers, the Emmys, and all award shows for that matter, need to "honor the past" and get big names to show up and make people nostalgic, said Sean O'Connell, managing editor at Cinemablend. This year's ceremony takes place Monday night.
Robert Fairchild, star of the new stage-to-screen adaptation of "An American In Paris," tells Cheddar how revivals can work for audiences in a modern age.
The couple told Cheddar about how they balance screen time in their house, and why it's so important that they show their kids on social media.
Natural disasters, hurricanes especially, were once opportunities for administrations to flex their leadership and empathy muscles. When they failed (see: Bush, Katrina), the results were politically devastating. When they succeeded (see: Christie, Sandy), they launched runs for office. Those days appear to be over.
At its annual event in Cupertino, Calif., Apple announced three new iPhones and a new Apple Watch Series 4. With new features such as bigger screens and an EKG monitor on the watch, Apple hopes to reach audiences that may have not bought into the last edition of its products.
Hurricane Florence made a shift toward the southeast and is now likely to bring potentially catastrophic rain to a large swath of the southeast. Colin Hackman, a reporter and meteoroligist for WECT, reported for Cheddar from the North Carolina coast.
Diana Henriques, financial journalist and author, said that a decade after the financial crisis, the country is not even close to prepared for another economic collapse of similar magnitude or whatever could follow.
