Latin American Media's Female Future
Latin American Media's Female Future
How more women are succeeding in Latin America's quickly evolving newsrooms.
When Mariana Santos started working as a designer in digital newsrooms, she was struck by the fact that she was often the only woman on the team. This alarmed her. As journalism continues its rapid shift to digital platforms, women had to lead the way – or they would be left behind, she reasoned.
"If women don't know how to work in this medium we're not going to be able to tell our stories," she told AQ.
To tackle this, she co-founded Chicas Poderosas (or Powerful Girls), a nonprofit organization whose goal is to “change the face of media, one woman at a time.”
... Read this article on the Americas Quarterly website. | Subscribe to AQ.
