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Women in Investigative Journalism
March 29, 2009
Sarah Posner writer
Sabrina Hersi-Issa reporter, blogger, digital director, Be Bold Media
Adele Stan reporter, columnist, American Prospect Online
Silja Talvi senior editor, In These Times

Sarah Posner, Sabrina Hersi-Issa, Adele Stan, and Silja Talvi put an abrupt end to the common image of the investigative journalist as gruff and male, describing how gender can hinder the female investigative journalist, but also play to her advantage.

Special thanks to Cambridge Community Television for producing and contributing this video.

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Image of God's Profits: Faith, Fraud, and the Republican Crusade for Values Voters
Author: Sarah Posner
Publisher: Polipoint Press (2008)
Binding: Hardcover, 207 pages
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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Image of Fighting Gravity
Author: Sarah Posner
Publisher: Sarah Posner (1998)
Binding: Paperback, 238 pages
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Publisher: Delta (1995)
Binding: Paperback, 340 pages
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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Price: $9.95
Image of Women Behind Bars: The Crisis of Women in the U.S. Prison System
Author: Silja J. A. Talvi
Publisher: Seal Press (2007)
Binding: Paperback, 300 pages
Manufacturer: Earth Action Network, Inc.
Part Number:
Price: $5.95
Manufacturer: Earth Action Network, Inc.
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Price: $5.95
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