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Women journalists are essential to the storytelling landscape, and far too often face obstacles while doing their jobs that their male counterparts do not.
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We’re excited to announce the launch of #HerStory, Twitter’s new, monthly original video series highlighting the work and personal stories of women journalists around the world. Here’s a sneak peak:pic.twitter.com/LEhiLa5w9x
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We need to highlight this gender inequality as often as possible, but especially on
#WorldPressFreedomDay, when so many are celebrating journalism and the indispensable work that reporters do for society.Show this thread -
Informing the world and holding the powerful to account is too important to be silenced or hindered. We know Twitter plays an important role in this public discourse, and we have work to do to make it a healthier discourse. This is our top priority:https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2019/health-update.html …
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#HerStory features women journalists with diverse backgrounds and focus areas. These women will talk about their lives, the stories they cover, how they use Twitter to report the news, and other women journalists who inspire them.Show this thread -
To kick off
#HerStory, we asked@mariaressa from@rapplerdotcom,@rcallimachi from@nytimes,@SylviaObell from@BuzzFeedNews,@tanzinavega from@WNYC and@JujuChangABC from@ABC to talk about why#pressfreedom is so important to them.pic.twitter.com/vqAlck12p0Show this thread
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Another awesome way to celebrate female journalists would be to keep them from getting visciously harassed and doxxed on this platform for doing their valuable work!
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Meghan Murphy would be great for this - bring her back.
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Uh, that’s “sneak peek” - signed, a woman journalist
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glad I wasn't the only one who caught that
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