DOWNLOAD PUBLISHABLE ARTICLE Born in New York to Chinese parents, Janet Yang went to China as a young woman and it changed her life. She suddenly found herself in a country "where everyone looked like me." She also found a mission: to bring Chinese cinema to North America, to help dispel stereotypes and change perspectives. "I thought, well, if people could see these films, they would respond in the way that I did -- which is, 'Oh, we look so much more three-dimensional on scree...Read More

DOWNLOAD ARTICLE National Association of Hispanic Journalists president Yvette Cabrera is inspiring when she outlines some of the things her organization has achieved in recent years – for example, the new Adelante Academy, just off its inaugural run and gearing up for another round. “It’s a Latina leadership program to develop leaders within the newsroom,” she says. “Just because you may be a good editor doesn’t mean you're necessarily a good manager.&rdquo...Read More

DOWNLOAD PUBLISHABLE STORY Katina Arnold, the vice-president of corporate communications at ESPN, is puzzled by an oddly lingering perception: That women aren't into sports.   "You know, we're some of its biggest fans," she says.  View MMCA 2024 Sheroes in Media Awards Acceptance Speech (Photo credit MMCA) She herself always loved sports, which not only brought her to her dream job today, but also has made her a noted advocate for women in athletics and women overall. T...Read More

DOWNLOAD PUBLISHABLE STORY Her mother was a motel maid. Her father could neither read nor write. But their daughter flourished with their unyielding support. “Education was a prime importance, even though they themselves were denied education,” says Janet Dewart Bell of her parents, who grew up in the rural South. Born in 1946, decades before the passage of the Civil Rights Act, Dr. Bell came up in both a casually and deliberately racist America. She became an award-winning br...Read More

DOWNLOAD STORY Tracie Powell has spent years as a prominent activist creating access to media for people of color -- while creating a compelling story of her own. She is a longtime journalist battling racism in the profession she has loved since her childhood in Atlanta.  "I learned how to read by sitting on my father's and grandmother's laps as they read the newspaper," she says. "So I knew early on that I had ink in the blood, as they say, and I knew I wanted to be a journalist." As sh...Read More