Never Been Kissed is a quirky romantic comedy directed by Raja Gosnell. The film stars the always charming Drew Barrymore, David Arquette, Molly Shannon, Michael Vartan, John C. Reilly, Gary Marshall, and many more. Along with being the star of the film, Barrymore also produced the film. You do not see too many movies with woman taking on the main role. It was refreshing to see for a change, and what made it even better was that the movie was widely successful which put in a good word for woman staring in movies. Barrymore plays Josie Geller, who is a copy editor for the Chicago-Sun-Times and is desperately trying to move up in her job to take on a bigger role. Josie has never really had a real relationship, and was often made fun of and thought
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“In the late 1930’s and early 40’s, the wife of Harry Johnson, sports announcer for Central Sates Broadcasting in Omaha, Nebraska, provided color commentary during his broadcasts. Although she cannot be proven to be the first woman sportscaster, she is definitely among the earliest” (Schwartz, n.d.). Women in sports journalism is on the rise because, “statistics show a rise in the audience, meaning more opportunities open up for female athletes” (Schwartz, n.d.). There is a paper in Switzerland that is analyzing Women Sports journalists. “Based on 27 semi structured interviews and observations in the field, we found that women journalists’ work experiences depend on the relationship between their position in the field and their ethos and hexis” (Schoch & Ohl, 2011). There are “three main strategies through which the women journalists negotiated their experiences: (1) conforming to the dominant male ethos (2) threatening the orthodoxy (3) resisting while hijacking the assigned role” (Schoh & Ohl, 2011). Some old fashioned people might say highly competitive sports are primarily for men. This article about women journalism examines what women right about and is a must read for anyone questioning women
“In the late 1930’s and early 40’s, the wife of Harry Johnson, sports announcer for Central Sates Broadcasting in Omaha, Nebraska, provided color commentary during his broadcasts. Although she cannot be proven to be the first woman sportscaster, she is definitely among the earliest” (Schwartz, n.d.). Women in sports journalism is on the rise because, “statistics show a rise in the audience, meaning more opportunities open up for female athletes” (Schwartz, n.d.). There is a paper in Switzerland that is analyzing Women Sports journalists. “Based on 27 semi structured interviews and observations in the field, we found that women journalists’ work experiences depend on the relationship between their position in the field and their ethos and hexis” (Schoch & Ohl, 2011). There are “three main strategies through which the women journalists negotiated their experiences: (1) conforming to the dominant male ethos (2) threatening the orthodoxy (3) resisting while hijacking the assigned role” (Schoh & Ohl, 2011). Some old fashioned people might say highly competitive sports are primarily for men. This article about women journalism examines what women right about and is a must read for anyone questioning women