Photo by Samantha Weideman/The Omaha News Attendees listen diligently to Kristin Gilger’s discussion of women in journalism.Omaha residents, including a couple of University of Nebraska at Omaha students, listen intently to Gilger’s discussion.Author Kristin Gilger points out her husband in the back of the audience.A mug reading “Well-behaved women seldom make history,” and a pack of tissues labeled with Kristen Gilger’s book create an ambiance of witty female empowerment.22 at Harvard University with co-author Wallace. Her next public reading and discussion will take place Oct. To conclude, Gilger signed copies of her book and imparted wisdom to those in attendance. “That was a great place for news and a wonderful organization at the time,” Gilger said. She also read an excerpt from her book that described a woman dissuading Dan Rather from needlessly entering a warzone.ĭuring the Q&A session, Gilger said her favorite experience as a journalist was as the suburban editor at the Times-Picayune in New Orleans from 1983 to 1993. Gilger recounted a story from a woman who was groped by a co-worker in a TV control room and after realizing she could, in fact, swear, loudly said, “take your hand off my ass.” Part qualitative research, part anecdote and practical advice, Gilger’s book (co-written by Julia Wallace) shines a light on women in the male-dominated field of journalism and the “quadrupled” expectations they’ve faced-and continue to face-throughout the decades. Over the course of her 20-year career in journalism, Gilger worked at various publications including the Times-Picayune, The Arizona Republic and the Statesman Journal. The senior associate dean for the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication described her own experiences in the field of journalism. The bookstore, located on 90 th and Center streets, hosted a reading and discussion of “There’s No Crying in Newsrooms,” by author Kristin Gilger. No one was crying at the Bookworm Friday.
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