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# Six more journalists you should follow for International Women's Day
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2023/03/six-more-women-you-should-follow-for-international-womens-day/
- Published: 2023-03-09T15:03:08.000Z
- Updated: 2023-03-09T15:03:08.000Z
- Description: Yes, I do know it was yesterday. There's a good reason it's a day "late".
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: Journalists

Last year, I took the opportunity of International Women's Day (and yes, Bex, I do remember our conversation about the slight dodgy roots of the “official” version of it…) to recommend six journalists you should follow on Twitter to mark the day.

[Six journalists you should follow on International Women’s DayGet more smart female voices in your Twitter timeline.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/36/d8/36d823b7-59a1-4c8b-91bd-a54c64552596/content/images/size/w256h256/2021/05/COV-1638-3865.png)One Man & His BlogAdam Tinworth![](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1484807352052-23338990c6c6?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=MnwxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDJ8fFR5cGluZ3xlbnwwfHx8fDE2NDY3ODEwOTU&ixlib=rb-1.2.1&q=80&w=2000)](https://onemanandhisblog.com/2022/03/six-journalists-you-should-follow-on-international-womans-day/)

It's time to do it again. 

### Why's this a day late, Adam?

I was going to post this yesterday, on the actual International Women's Day. But as I looked at social media, I could see more men talking about women than women talking about themselves. So I decided to shut the hell up and let women speak yesterday, and postpone my piece until today. 

So, here it is: my second annual list of six women whom you should follow (just after) International Women's Day. 

### The rules

- They must work in or around journalism.
- I must find what they are doing genuinely inspiring or interesting
- They must have fewer Twitter followers than me.
- \[NEW\] No more than two colleagues or two former students

🐦

Another change from last year: I'm linking to more than one social profile. Just linking to Twitter feel less valuable than it did a year ago. Thanks, Mr Musk!

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### Vera Penêda

Vera is the Director of Programmes & Impact at the [European Journalism Centre](https://ejc.net/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com). The work the organisation is doing is great and much needed, and Vera does a great job of promoting it. In particular, I miss their [Impact Summits](https://ejc.net/events?ref=onemanandhisblog.com#news-impact), which I haven't managed to get to in person since before the pandemic. Next time…

She's a low volume tweeter, but every Tweet is useful. For example:

> Truly enjoyed this & so easily relate. 👉🏼 “I guess that’s the whole issue with privilege: If you have it, you don’t see it. In the case of language, if you have it, you don’t hear it." [#diversity](https://twitter.com/hashtag/diversity?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=onemanandhisblog.com) [#DiversityandInclusion](https://twitter.com/hashtag/DiversityandInclusion?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=onemanandhisblog.com) [#journalism](https://twitter.com/hashtag/journalism?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=onemanandhisblog.com) [https://t.co/rn1220Jdnd](https://t.co/rn1220Jdnd?ref=onemanandhisblog.com)
> 
> — Vera Penêda (@verapeneda) [February 16, 2023](https://twitter.com/verapeneda/status/1626329786531315719?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=onemanandhisblog.com)

[Twitter](https://twitter.com/verapeneda?s=21&t=okS1zZe40%5FemZwcsblgI3Q&ref=onemanandhisblog.com) — [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/verapeneda/?originalSubdomain=mx&ref=onemanandhisblog.com) 

### Charlotte Henry

How the ever-living f\*\*k does Charlotte have fewer followers than me?

She writes [great media analysis](https://theaddition.substack.com/), knows her Mac tech and certainly knows way more about sport than I do. C'mon, she's an essential follow, and her newsletter is an essential subscribe. 

> [#InternationalWomansDay2023](https://twitter.com/hashtag/InternationalWomansDay2023?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=onemanandhisblog.com) might be over, but don’t miss the conversation I had with [@CharlotteTobitt](https://twitter.com/CharlotteTobitt?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=onemanandhisblog.com) about [@CosmopolitanUK](https://twitter.com/CosmopolitanUK?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=onemanandhisblog.com) and all things women’s media.[https://t.co/HewBxz428O](https://t.co/HewBxz428O?ref=onemanandhisblog.com)
> 
> — Charlotte Henry (@charlotteahenry) [March 9, 2023](https://twitter.com/charlotteahenry/status/1633782096706641921?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=onemanandhisblog.com)

[Twitter](https://twitter.com/charlotteahenry?s=21&t=okS1zZe40%5FemZwcsblgI3Q&ref=onemanandhisblog.com) — [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlotteahenry/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com) 

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## Former Students

This year, I've picked two graduates from two different generations of the [MA Interactive journalism](https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=ma+interactive+journalism&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&ref=onemanandhisblog.com) at City. 

### Emily Shackleton, Metro

If you want to know why, after a decade of visiting lecturing at City, I finally went on staff part time this year, well, it's because of people like Emily. Nothing gives me greater pleasure than seeing students grow, find their confidence and go on to *fantastic* careers. And that's just what Emily has done. 

As Head of Audience and Product Manager at *Metro*, she leads a talented team of engagement pros. Like many professionals in this space, she doesn't tweet often, but it's worth following her for when she does. 

> RIP Her Majesty. What a moment of history to have been in the newsroom for. I'm very proud of my Audience team and entire of [@MetroUK](https://twitter.com/MetroUK?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=onemanandhisblog.com) for their hard work. Was surreal to roll out plans that had been months in the making [@ByLukeMatthews](https://twitter.com/ByLukeMatthews?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=onemanandhisblog.com) [@AnushkaSuharu](https://twitter.com/AnushkaSuharu?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=onemanandhisblog.com) [@sofiavictoriad](https://twitter.com/sofiavictoriad?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=onemanandhisblog.com) [@liv\_burney](https://twitter.com/liv%5Fburney?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=onemanandhisblog.com) [pic.twitter.com/aadx865ZI1](https://t.co/aadx865ZI1?ref=onemanandhisblog.com)
> 
> — Emily Shackleton (@ShackletonEmily) [September 9, 2022](https://twitter.com/ShackletonEmily/status/1568143814866472961?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=onemanandhisblog.com)

[Twitter](https://twitter.com/shackletonemily?s=21&t=okS1zZe40%5FemZwcsblgI3Q&ref=onemanandhisblog.com) — [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-shackleton-7bba0361/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com) 

### Carla Abreau, OpenDemocracy

This time last year, Carla was sat in class, listening to me saying the word “attention” over and over again until she was no doubt sick of it. Now? She turns up in my in-box every weekend as the [audience engagement manager of OpenDemocracy](https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/author/carla-abreu/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com). 

> ✍🏽 Happy to have helped [@lucymartiros](https://twitter.com/lucymartiros?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=onemanandhisblog.com) with this piece, alongside [@tahovhannisyan](https://twitter.com/tahovhannisyan?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=onemanandhisblog.com) ! An important read [#MahsaAmini](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MahsaAmini?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=onemanandhisblog.com) [#BeOurVoice](https://twitter.com/hashtag/BeOurVoice?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=onemanandhisblog.com) [https://t.co/xbggDnddUI](https://t.co/xbggDnddUI?ref=onemanandhisblog.com)
> 
> — Carla Abreu (@carlasabreu\_) [October 5, 2022](https://twitter.com/carlasabreu%5F/status/1577676796824363010?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=onemanandhisblog.com)

Shamefully, she still has under 200 followers. Fix that, my friends. 

[Twitter](https://twitter.com/carlasabreu%5F?s=21&t=okS1zZe40%5FemZwcsblgI3Q&ref=onemanandhisblog.com) — [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/carla-sophia-abreu/?originalSubdomain=uk&ref=onemanandhisblog.com) 

## Current Colleagues

*People who have the misfortune of working with me at City. And I mean misfortune. The last visiting lecturer who taught with me [emigrated straight afterwards](https://twitter.com/eliserwjohnson1/status/1616551235204841473?s=61&t=okS1zZe40%5FemZwcsblgI3Q&ref=onemanandhisblog.com)…* 

### Prof Mel Bunce

Full disclosure: Mel is my boss (for half the week, at least. I'm my own boss the other half). But she has the unenviable task of wrangling a whole department full of journalism academics, two groups whom managing must be like herding cats at best of times, and so are probably even worse when combined….

And yet, she keeps her research going at the same time. A bit like [Glenda](https://twitter.com/glendacooper?s=21&t=tRuHAiqRCuD-pwzvfp2gHQ&ref=onemanandhisblog.com) from last year, I wonder HOW DOES SHE DO IT? 

> Great to talk to [@zeitonline](https://twitter.com/zeitonline?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=onemanandhisblog.com) about humanitarian journalism and how we can improve reporting on disasters. Thanks so much for the thought provoking conversation (& translation!) Andrea Böhm [https://t.co/BUZObfPKGT](https://t.co/BUZObfPKGT?ref=onemanandhisblog.com)
> 
> — Mel Bunce (@meljbunce) [February 19, 2023](https://twitter.com/meljbunce/status/1627320065723883521?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=onemanandhisblog.com)

[Twitter](https://twitter.com/meljbunce?s=21&t=okS1zZe40%5FemZwcsblgI3Q&ref=onemanandhisblog.com) — [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/professor-mel-bunce-8b69341a/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com) 

### Dr Rana Arafat

Rana was my co-lecturer on an introductory module on digital journalism last year. She's smart, fiercely intelligent and a great researcher. (Yes, I'm a tiny bit scared of her…) In fact, she's a prize-winning one:

> 🚨Amazing News!🚨  
> Incredibly honored and humbled to be the 2022 recipient of [@AEJMC](https://twitter.com/AEJMC?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=onemanandhisblog.com) Nafziger-White-Salwen Dissertation Award! Many thanks to [@usi\_imeg](https://twitter.com/usi%5Fimeg?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=onemanandhisblog.com) [#JolantaDrzewiecka](https://twitter.com/hashtag/JolantaDrzewiecka?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=onemanandhisblog.com) & award jury Amber Roessner [@GregPerreault](https://twitter.com/GregPerreault?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=onemanandhisblog.com) [@cityjournalism](https://twitter.com/cityjournalism?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=onemanandhisblog.com)   
> See you tomorrow in Paris at [#ica22](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ica22?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=onemanandhisblog.com) to celebrate!! [https://t.co/yTpNxhdORX](https://t.co/yTpNxhdORX?ref=onemanandhisblog.com)
> 
> — Rana Arafat, Ph.D. (@RanaArafat12) [May 24, 2022](https://twitter.com/RanaArafat12/status/1529132510734651392?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=onemanandhisblog.com)

If you want to dig beyond mere opinion into true research, she's worth a follow.

[Twitter](https://twitter.com/ranaarafat12?s=21&t=okS1zZe40%5FemZwcsblgI3Q&ref=onemanandhisblog.com) 

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## IWD Reading

[Marcela Kunova](https://twitter.com/marcelakunova?s=21&t=tRuHAiqRCuD-pwzvfp2gHQ&ref=onemanandhisblog.com) of journalism.co.uk looks into the sheer volume of threats and harassment that female journalists face in their work.

And was that link to Marcela's profile a sneaky way of breaking my own rules? 😇

[Three quarters of women journalists experience threat to their safetyA first-of-its-kind survey of women working in the media revealed how threats, harassment and violence impact their careers and mental health![](https://www.journalism.co.uk/newsite/images/favicon.png)Journalism.co.ukMarcela Kunova![](https://www.journalism.co.uk/assets/182/pexels-cottonbro-studio-5473957.jpg)](https://www.journalism.co.uk/news/three-quarters-of-women-journalists-experience-threat-to-their-safety/s2/a1015689/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com)

And [Charlotte](https://twitter.com/charlottetobitt?s=21&t=tRuHAiqRCuD-pwzvfp2gHQ&ref=onemanandhisblog.com) at *Press Gazette* wrote on a similar theme:

[Online abuse toll means fifth of women journalists considered leaving industryA fifth of 403 women respondents to a survey by Reach/Women in Journalism said they had considered leaving journalism as a result of abuse.![](https://pressgazette.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2022/09/cropped-Press-Gazette_favicon-270x270.jpg)Press GazetteCharlotte Tobitt![](https://pressgazette.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2021/08/Alison-Phillips-New-e1628608742251.jpg?1678372490)](https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/women-in-journalism-online-abuse/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com)

My students at City have been doing some great IWD work:

[Women’s experiences in journalism: heads of audienceOn this Women’s International Day, we’ve spoken to female digital journalists about their experience working in the newsroom.![](https://i0.wp.com/www.interhacktives.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/cropped-Logo-condensed-1.png?fit=192%2C192&ssl=1)InterhacktivesVlada Goriacheva![](https://www.interhacktives.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/BETH-ASHTON-2.png)](https://www.interhacktives.com/2023/03/08/womens-experience-working-in-journalism-heads-of-audience/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com)

[The Gender Pay Gap at British Newspapers - InterhacktivesInspired by Twitter’s Gender Pay Gap Bot, we take a look at pay gap at British newspapers this International Women’s Day.![](https://i0.wp.com/www.interhacktives.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/cropped-Logo-condensed-1.png?fit=192%2C192&ssl=1)InterhacktivesKatie Jones![](https://www.interhacktives.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/gender-pay-gap.png)](https://www.interhacktives.com/2023/03/08/the-gender-pay-gap-at-british-newspapers/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com)

[7 female data journalists to look our for - InterhacktivesOn this International Women’s Day, these 7 female data journalists are making waves with their incredible work![](https://i0.wp.com/www.interhacktives.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/cropped-Logo-condensed-1.png?fit=192%2C192&ssl=1)InterhacktivesHyein Jung![](https://www.interhacktives.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Untitled-design-1.png)](https://www.interhacktives.com/2023/03/08/7-female-data-journalists-to-look-out-for/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com)

And, of course, the good folks at the Reuters Institute had some great research:

[Women and leadership in the news media 2023: evidence from 12 marketsIn this factsheet we analyse the gender breakdown of top editors in a sample of 240 major news outlets in 12 different markets.![](https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/themes/custom/reuters/favicon.ico)Reuters Institute for the Study of JournalismDr Kirsten Eddy![](https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/feature_box/public/2023-03/women_and_leadership_2023_0.jpg.jpeg?itok=KoP20hDJ)](https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/women-and-leadership-news-media-2023-evidence-12-markets?ref=onemanandhisblog.com)

Did I miss anything?