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As a national organization, Alliance for Women in Media takes positions on policy issues of importance to women. For the past several years, Alliance for Women in Media has worked hard to promote ownership opportunities for women in the communications industry and to support efforts to make equal employment opportunity rules for women in communications effective and efficient. We encourage you to support the advancement of women in the communications industry.
Learn about our advocacy platform.
What's Happening in Washington?
Alliance for Women in Media Files Comments with FCC on Framework for Broadband Internet Services - August 2010:
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Alliance for Women in Media Comments on Broadcast Ownership - July 2010:
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Alliance for Women in Media Meets with GAO to Discuss Ramifications on Radio of Performance Tax Act - August 2009:
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Alliance for Women in Media Comments on National Broadband Strategy - May 2009:
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Alliance for Women in Media letter to Representative John Conyers, Jr. regarding Performanc Tax Act (H.R.848) - May 2009:
Performance Tax Bill
To learn more about legislative actions taking place on the Hill, please download:
Congressional Women Rally for Fair Pay
Hot Buttons
The quarterly look at the "hot buttons" from our Governance & Advocacy Committee Chair.
- Q2 2010: FCC Broadband Pland
- Q1 2010: Media Ownership: Still a Man's World
- Q4 2009: An Interview with FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski
- Q3 2009: FCC Gets Down to Business
- Q2 2009: State of Flux
- Q1 2009: Transitions and Predictions
- Q4 2008: New Rules for Broadband, Broadcast
- Q3 2008: Copyrights and Wrongs
- Q2 2008: The FCC Unplugged
- Q1 2008: New Year, Old Issues
- Q4 2007: Taking Ownership
- Q3 2007: DTV Transition + 2008 Elections = A Summer of Legislation
- Q2 2007: FCC Chair & Commissioners Participate in Women's Media Forum
Work on the FCC Diversity Committee
To learn more about Alliance for Women in Media's work on the FCC Diversity Committee, please download:
- President to Continue Her Service on the FCC Advisory Committee on Diversity in the Digital Age
- Alliance for Women in Media to Participate in July 2008 En Banc Hearing
- History of FCC Diversity Initiatives
- Achievements of FCC Diversity Committee
- FCC Diversity Committee First Finding of the Career Advancement Subcommittee
Other Advocacy Issues
To learn more about Alliance for Women in Media's work on other issues important to women in electronic media, please download:
- Comments on the FCC's Designated Entity Program
- Comments on Reserve Prices or Minimum Opening Bids and Other Auction Procedures
Survey & Reports
To read some of the current statistics on women and minorities in electronic media, please download:
- Annenberg Public Policy Center:
The Glass Ceiling Persists: Annual Report on Women Leaders in Communication Companies - Free Press:
Off the Dial: How Media Consolidation Diminishes Diversity on the Radio - Free Press:
Out of the Picture: Minority & Female TV Station Ownership in the United States - Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports:
2008 Racial & Gender Report Card of the Associated Press Sports Editors - MIWs:
Annual Sales Manager Gender Analysis Study - RTNDA/Hofstra:
Women and Journalists of Color in Local Broadcast News
Public Policy Links
Interested in finding out more information about advocacy? The list below will help get you started!
Contact the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
445 12th Street, SW
Washington, DC 20554
888-225-5322
http://www.fcc.gov/
Chairman Julius Genachowski: Julius.Genachowski@fcc.gov
Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker: meredith.baker@fcc.gov
Commissioner Mignon Clyburn: mignon.clyburn@fcc.gov
Commissioner Michael J. Copps: Michael.Copps@fcc.gov
Commissioner Robert McDowell: Robert.McDowell@fcc.gov
Contact the White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW Washington, D.C. 20502
http://www.whitehouse.gov/
202-456-1111
President Barack Obama: president@whitehouse.gov
Vice President Joe Biden: vice.president@whitehouse.gov
Contact the United States House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515
202-224-3121
To e-mail your Congressperson, visit http://www.house.gov, and scroll to bottom of page and click on ‘Write your Rep'.
Contact the United States Senate
Washington, DC 20515
To e-mail your Senator, go to http://www.senate.gov and click on “List Senators by State”. Each Senator's site will list the appropriate methods for constituent contact.
Thomas Legislative Information on the Internet (information on passed and pending legislation in Congress) http://thomas.loc.gov/.