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(New York,
New York, November 3rd, 2014)
- The Women’s Media Center 2014
Women’s Media Awards were held Wednesday, October 29th
at Capitale
in New York City.
The 2014 Women’s Media
Awards honored:
·
Amma Asante,
BAFTA
Award-winning writer/director of A Way of Life and
director of Belle, with the
Women’s Media Center
Directorial Excellence for Belle
Award, presented by Robin
Morgan, Women’s Media Center Co-Founder.
·
Ursula M. Burns,
chairman and chief executive officer, Xerox Corporation,
with the
Women’s Media Center Carol Jenkins Visible
and Powerful Media Award,
presented by
Carol Jenkins,
founding and former President of the Women’s Media Center.
·
Katie Couric,
global news anchor for Yahoo News, with
the Women’s Media Center Pat
Mitchell Lifetime Achievement Award,
presented by Pat Mitchell, Women’s
Media Center Board Chair Emerita.
·
Barbara Walters,
creator & executive producer of “The View,” and ABC News
special correspondent, with the
Women’s Media Center Trailblazing Media Award,
presented by Gloria Steinem, Women’s
Media Center Co-Founder.
·
Elianne Ramos,
CEO of Speak Hispanic Communications and founder of the
Border Kids Relief Project, with
the Women’s Media Center Social
Media Award, presented by
Lauren Embrey, Board Chair of
The Women’s
Media Center.
Celebrities
and VIPs attending the annual event included many of the
most accomplished and influential women and men in the world
of media today. The event was hosted by Joy Reid,
host of MSNBC’s “The Reid Report”. Women’s Media Center
Co-Founders Robin Morgan and Gloria Steinem
attended the event. Co-Chairs for the 2014 Women’s Media
Awards were:
Donna Deitch, Lauren Embrey, Jane Fonda,
Sheila C. Johnson, Pat Mitchell, Robin Morgan, Bonnie
Schaefer, Regina K. Scully, Gloria Steinem, and Mary and
Steven Swig.
VIPs attending the Awards this year included:
Marlo Thomas,
four-time Emmy-winning actress, producer and activist;
Phil Donahue,
nine-time Emmy-winning talk show host/writer/producer;
Julie Burton, president of the Women’s Media Center;
Pat Mitchell, president & CEO of The Paley Center for
Media, Women’s Media Center Board chair emerita, former
Women’s Media Award honoree, co-chair of the Women’s
Media Awards; Lauren Embrey, president and CEO of the
Embrey Family Foundation and CEO of Embrey Interests, Ltd.,
board chair of The Women’s Media Center, co-chair of the
Women’s Media Awards;
Donna Deitch,
award-winning film and television director, co-chair of the
Women’s Media Awards;
Sheila C. Johnson,
founding partner of Black Entertainment Television, CEO of
Salamander Hotels and Resorts, vice-chairman of Monumental
Sports & Entertainment, president and managing partner of
the WNBA’s Washington Mystics, co-chair of the Women’s Media
Awards, and past Women’s Media Award honoree;
Bonnie Schaefer,
former co-CEO and co-chairman of the board of Claire’s
Stores, Inc., co-chair of the Women’s Media Awards;
Regina K. Scully,
Artemis Rising Foundation founder, social documentary
filmmaker, founding sponsor of “Women's Media Center Live
with Robin Morgan,” founding sponsor of WMC Press, founding
sponsor of Athena Film Festival in New York City, co-chair
of the Women’s Media Awards; Mary and Steven Swig,
Mary Swig is the founder and CEO of Mary Green Enterprises,
Steven Swig is founding co-chair of Presidio Graduate
School, both are co-chairs of the Women’s Media Awards;
Carol Jenkins, author, former WNBC anchor, founding and
former President of The Women’s Media Center, contributing
writer for The Huffington Post, former board member
of The Women’s Media Center; Geneva Overholser,
senior fellow at the Center
for Communication Leadership and Policy at the USC Annenberg
School for Communication and Journalism, and Women's Media
Center board member; Maggie Wilderotter,
Chairman & CEO of Frontier Communications, past Women’s
Media Award honoree; Chris Hayes, MSNBC Host of “All
In with Chris Hayes;”
Francine
LeFrak,
founder of Same Sky jewelry, board chair at
The Women and Public Policy Program of Harvard Kennedy
School, and award-winning film producer;
Rick Friedberg,
President of Liberty Connections;
Clive Davis,
five-time Grammy-winning chief creative officer of Sony
Music Entertainment, co-producer of Diva Classic and founder
of Arista Records and J Records;
Lesley Gore,
award-winning and Oscar-nominated singer-songwriter;
Carolyn Jane Maloney, U.S. Representative for New
York's 12th congressional district;
Melissa
Mark-Viverito,
Speaker
of the New York City Council; Martha Nelson,
past editor-in-chief and editorial director, Time Inc. and
former Women’s Media Award honoree;
Maya Harris,
Women’s Media Center board member, senior fellow at the
Center for American Progress, and visiting scholar at
Harvard Law School; Tony West, former Associate
Attorney General of the United States and the Executive Vice
President of Government Affairs, general counsel and
corporate secretary of PepsiCo; Katrina vanden Heuvel,
editor and publisher, The Nation magazine;
Kate
O'Brian,
president, Al Jazeera America;
Vanessa De Luca,
editor-in-chief, ESSENCE; Anne Fulenwider,
editor-in-chief, Marie Claire; Richard L. Wolffe,
vice president and executive editor of MSNBC.com and MSNBC
commentator; David Corn, Washington bureau chief for
Mother Jones and analyst for MSNBC/NBC News;
Blake Morgan,
musician, singer-songwriter, music producer and CEO of ECR
Music Group; Roger Hickey, co-director of the
Institute for America's Future;
Lois Sasson,
jewelry designer, Lois Sasson for Sasson Thomas; Janita,
recording artist, singer-songwriter;
Jessica Valenti,
author, daily columnist for the Guardian US, and
founder of Feministing.com; Julie Zeilinger,
founding editor of the WMC Fbomb;
Sady Doyle,
Women's Media Center 2011 Social Media Award Winner;
Luvvie Ajayi, Women's Media Center 2012 Social Media
Award Winner; Lindy West, Women's Media Center 2013
Social Media Award Winner.
The Women’s Media Center
The Women's Media Center's goal
is to make women visible and powerful in the media. Founded
in 2005 by Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan and Gloria
Steinem, the WMC works with media to ensure that women’s
realities are covered and women’s voices are heard. We do
this by: researching and monitoring media; creating and
modeling original online, print, and radio content; training
women and girls to participate in media; and promoting
media-experienced women experts in all fields. We are
directly engaged with the media at every level to work
toward a diverse group of women being present in newsrooms,
on air, in print and online, in film, entertainment, and
theater--as sources and subjects, in bylines and credits, in
the field and in the front office.
“The Women’s Media
Center exists to change the status of women in media.
Because 51 percent of our population is women, and only 3
percent of all clout positions in media are held by women,
The Women’s Media Center Awards were created to honor
champions for women who use their media platforms to tell
the stories, facts and solutions crucial to all viewers, and
to advance opportunities for women in media,” says Julie
Burton, president of The Women’s Media Center. “Because
media tells our stories and influences the role of women in
every part of society, we are proud to honor these amazing
women who set the standard for what media should look like
when it gives voice to the female half of
the country.”
For more information about the Women’s Media
Center go to:
http://www.womensmediacenter.com/.
For more information about WMC Live with Robin Morgan
go to
http://www.wmclive.com/ |