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Asia, California, Japan, United States

Election day pre-game

Written by Angilee Shah on November 4th, 2008March 24th, 2017. Leave a comment

When I lived in Singapore I watched the presidential debates and conventions online. I used to sit in our living room, lounging on the rattan sofa in my Thai fishing pants, and enjoying the wifi generously shared by the fellows downstairs. Sometimes on the Sundays that I stayed in town I would sit there for […]

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Japan, Singapore

sweet revenge

Written by Angilee Shah on April 20th, 2008March 24th, 2017. Leave a comment

This weekend I got my first full-length taste of kabuki and, boy, was it delicious. This form of Japanese theater is fantastic and fascinating to watch — for its dramatic acting, stylized makeup and simple, effectual music — but it’s even better when you have some sense of what people are saying. Lucky for me, […]

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China, India, Japan, Pakistan

the games

Written by Angilee Shah on April 17th, 2008March 24th, 2017. Leave a comment

I’ve been thinking about the Olympics torch relay. It seems to be rousing deep emotions — perhaps some kind of opportunism, or maybe pent up frustrations. But one thing’s clear: Even before the Olympic Games begin, there are some serious political games going on here. Just look at the torch’s run through India and Pakistan […]

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Reuters Institute
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An all-volunteer project called Women Do News has a simple mission: add more women journalists to Wikipedia. "Our aim is not just to get more women journalists onto Wikipedia. It is to get more women journalists into the history books," writes @angshah poynter.org/business-work/…

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10:35 am · March 3, 2021 ·
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An all-volunteer project called Women Do News has a simple mission: add more women journalists to Wikipedia. "Our aim is not just to get more women journalists onto Wikipedia. It is to get more women journalists into the history books," writes @angshah poynter.org/business-work/…

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10:30 am · March 3, 2021 ·
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An all-volunteer project called Women Do News has a simple mission: add more women journalists to Wikipedia. "Our aim is not just to get more women journalists onto Wikipedia. It is to get more women journalists into the history books," writes @angshah poynter.org/business-work/…

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10:28 am · March 3, 2021 ·
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Reuters Institute
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An all-volunteer project called Women Do News has a simple mission: add more women journalists to Wikipedia. "Our aim is not just to get more women journalists onto Wikipedia. It is to get more women journalists into the history books," writes @angshah poynter.org/business-work/…

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10:28 am · March 3, 2021
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Federica Cherubini
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An all-volunteer project called Women Do News has a simple mission: add more women journalists to Wikipedia. "Our aim is not just to get more women journalists onto Wikipedia. It is to get more women journalists into the history books," writes @angshah poynter.org/business-work/…

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10:05 am · March 3, 2021
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Angilee Shah
Angilee Shah
@angshah

Tried to be really honest for the @Poynter newsletter The Cohort. And also, the volunteers of #womendonews are the best. bit.ly/3e0PNBd (thanks @Mel_Grau!)

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9:57 am · March 3, 2021 ·
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Seraphim Communications
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Through @Wikipedia Edit-a-Thons, volunteers worldwide are changing the #represenation of #women. Here's to WomenDoNews, an initiative highlighting #women #journalists in #history on #Wikipedia! #WomanCrushWednesday #WomensHistoryMonth @Poynter @angshah poynter.org/business-work/…

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6:34 am · March 3, 2021
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Ada Tseng
Ada Tseng
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"Most women journalists in history haven’t been ‘notable’ enough for Wikipedia. We’re changing that." A great essay by @angshah about #womendonews & in general who gets erased in journalism. Who is interviewed, profiled, awarded. Who gets kicked out. Who never gets let in. twitter.com/angshah/status…

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3:30 am · March 3, 2021
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Emily J Gertz
Emily J Gertz
@ejgertz

The latest issue of the @Poynter newsletter "The Cohort" features a piece by @angshah — a fellow @womendonews co-founder — on how the project is increasing the number and quality of bios of female journalists on Wikipedia, and why it matters! poynter.org/business-work/…

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12:47 am · March 3, 2021 ·
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Freedom of the Press
Freedom of the Press
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A volunteer effort called #WomenDoNews has worked on dozens of Wikipedia articles about women in journalism. @angshah explains the importance of that effort: poynter.org/business-work/…

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10:32 pm · March 2, 2021 ·
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