Reflect Reality

Reflect Reality: Increasing Women’s Voices in the News

“Representing women’s choices, challenges, dilemmas, passions, and journeys is what journalism is about.”

The United for News coalition has launched Reflect Reality, a digital manual to help newsrooms include more authoritative female and diverse voices in their stories. Led by Internews in collaboration with the World Economic Forum, United for News’ Reflect Reality incorporates proven strategies and lessons learned from two dozen organizations around the world working to address this disparity.

The absence of women’s voices in the news contributes to a culture that devalues women – a world where women’s potential is perpetually limited by their lack of exposure to powerful role models, their limited opportunity to connect with a shared experience and the reinforced notion of traditional gender roles.

“Women are often at the heart of decision making in all levels of society, be it as politicians, as entrepreneurs, scientists, educators, and at their households,” said Juliana Iootty, Head of Asian Region, BBC World Service Group. “Representing their choices, challenges, dilemmas, passions, and journeys is what journalism is about.”

Globally, only 24% of people heard, seen or read about in the news are women. This gender gap is widest in news about politics and government, where women are featured in just 16% of political news.

The absence of women’s voices in the news contributes to a culture that devalues women – a world where women’s potential is perpetually limited by their lack of exposure to powerful role models, their limited opportunity to connect with a shared experience and the reinforced notion of traditional gender roles. It also means that newsrooms miss out on perspectives that are critical to break stories and grow their audience. While female experts and spokespersons are abundant, they are often less noticeable to reporters either due to unconscious bias, cultural barriers, and women’s own reluctance to engage with media. Many women experience harassment in response to media appearance. Others may lack confidence in their expertise or ability to engage with media. Reflect Reality responds to these challenges with practical tips, approaches, and tools.

Key contributors to Reflect Reality are United for News coalition partners. Bloomberg reveals lessons from their New Voices initiative, an internal effort to diversify the financial and business experts they turn to around the world. Edelman lends insights from the Trust Barometer and their effort to advocate for gender parity in corporate spokespersons. The BBC’s 50:50 Project shares best practices for news teams to reach gender parity by tracking their sources daily. WAN-IFRA contributes expertise from its Women in News program. Informed Opinions shares strategies on how to cultivate sources and overcome women experts’ reluctance to be interviewed.

“Companies must foster environments where women are empowered to put themselves out there as go-to contacts for media interviews, panel discussions, and more,” said Lisa Kimmel, Chair & CEO, Canada and Latin America, Edelman.

Key Notes :

> Globally, only 24% of people heard, seen or read about in the news are women. > Reflect Reality – a

digital manual to help newsrooms include more authoritative female & diverse voices in their stories. > Led by Internews in collaboration with World Economic Forum.

Reflect Reality’s strategies section is informed by United for News pilot projects with Canada’s The Globe and Mail and the Toronto Star. Both newsrooms tested new interventions into their story production process, with a goal towards increasing female and ethnically diverse voices.

“What we are trying to do is break people’s habits. The intention is there, it’s just that when we are busy, we do things the exact same ways as always,” said Angela Pacienza, Managing Editor, Experience, The Globe and Mail. “If you want people to pay you, they need to trust you, and they won’t trust you if they can’t see themselves in you,” said Kathy English, Public Editor at the Toronto Star.

Reflect Reality was developed by Internews with support from the News Integrity Initiative and the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism.

United for News is a multi-stakeholder coalition led by Internews in collaboration with the World Economic Forum. It seeks

QIPC strengthens with three new orders in India

Indian printers see best automation solution in Q.I. Press Controls.

Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC), the Dutch specialist in measurement and control equipment for the print industry, continues to do well in India. Recently, the company again received three orders for the replacement of automation systems from the Asian country. These orders are received from the printing companies Hindustan Times Media, Mirror Image and Delhi Press Patra Prakashan.

Hindustan Times At Hindustan Times Media, a large Indian media group known for large print volumes, maintaining top quality with innovative products, two mRC-3D cameras for colour register and cut-off control were installed recently on a Harris N400B press at their Greater Noida Plant. The mRC-3D system replaced an older and non-functioning automation register- and cutoff control system from another manufacturer. Rakesh Dave, Managing Director of QIPC-EAE India: ‘Hindustan Times approached us for a system that could deliver consistent, high quality performance to keep waste to a minimum. We could deliver that.’

Delhi Press Patra Prakashan Also in Delhi, two new mRC-3D cameras for colour register and cut-off control were installed on a Harris N400B press. Again, the mRC-3D system replaced an obsolete system from another manufacturer. “Delhi Press Patra Prakashan is very well known in the market,” said Rakesh Dave. Delhi Press Patra Prakashan publishes 33 magazines in 10 languages, and has a group readership of over 35 million. Some of its popular publications include The Caravan, Champak, Grihshobha, Saras Salil, and Sarita. “We’ve been in contact with them for a number of years, but now it was time they really needed a new automation system. Thanks to our good reputation in the industry and our long-standing relationship with each other, they have chosen us as their new partner in business”.

Mirror Image Mirror Image in Gandhinagar also chose to upgrade its press automation with an mRC3D system from QIPC. Two cameras on the Harris M110 press automate colour register and cut-off control. “We know Mirror Image pretty well and we have a good relationship to transform media markets around the world, so that citizens, businesses and governments everywhere can benefit from the positive impact of high-quality, local news and information.

Coalition members involved in the creation of Reflect Reality include Bloomberg, BBC 50:50 Project, Global Forum for Media Development, NewsGain, Edelman, Internews, and WAN-IFRA, the World Association of News Publishers.

with the company. The automation they had on their press, which is from another manufacturer, is no longer working properly. When opting for a replacement system, we were at the top of their list”.

Q.I. Press Controls develops and delivers innovative, high quality optical measure and control systems. The company is globally active in the newspaper and magazine printing industry. The total solutions of QIPC are supported by a worldwide service network. These reliable systems are proven in the market of existing and new printing presses and have been known to offer customers structural better results.

Intergraf celebrates 90 years

Founded in 1930, Intergraf has been the voice of the European printing industry for the last nine decades. We celebrated this very special anniversary in Brussels with friends and colleagues at the occasion of our Commercial Print conference.

Print plays a vital role in promoting education, democratic debate, social inclusion, culture, representation, and civic engagement in Europe. It has educated and enriched our society for many years, and it will continue to make an impression long into the future. Since 1930, Intergraf has been the voice of the European printing industry, providing a platform through which collaboration between printers can flourish. To achieve our common goals, we must work together. National printing associations and companies have had the foresight to promote such collaboration since the beginning of the last century. Our national members are the lifeblood of the association, without whom none of our achievements would have been possible.

In 1923, Sweden took the first initiative towards international cooperation by organising an international printers’ congress in Gothenburg. Following the success of this event, a permanent office to support European collaboration was suggested. With financial support and an office secured for 1 year from a German printer, Intergraf began work on 1st January 1930 in Berlin as the ‘International Bureau of the Federations of Master Printers’. During the Second World War, the Bureau’s activities were put on hold, resuming again in 1946 in London from an office loaned by the British Federation of Master Printers. Activities between members of the bureau began in Brussels in the 1960s, following the creation of the European Economic Communities, before Intergraf was formally established in 1984.

Intergraf is extremely proud to have served this creative and resilient industry for 90 years - and hopes for much longer into the future. Long live print!

Free Newspapers Association Meeting in Brussels

Representatives of free newspapers associations from across Europe convened for a meeting at Intergraf’s office.

Intergraf hosted a meeting of free newspaper associations on 19 February. In attendance were the associations from Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Austria and Switzerland.

The discussions centred on the increasing challenge for door-drops, distribution costs, editorial content, state aid and funding.

The associations exchanged information on the level of “No” Stickers that are used in their respective countries and declared that in cities, the use of those stickers is much higher than in the countryside - often varying from 60-80% in towns to some 5% in rural areas.

The associations will meet again at the end of August for an update on current developments.

Amar Ujala and Concord Printing win Sonora Green Leaf Award 2019

Kodak recognizes 52 Printers from around the world for Excellence in Sustainable Printing.

Kodak awarded a record number of 52 printers from around the world the 2019 SONORA Plate Green Leaf Award. The program, now in its seventh year, celebrates printers who are leaders in adopting sustainable practices that benefit the environment, their business and their customers.

Since the launch of the SONORA Plate Green Leaf Award program in 2013, the number of award applications has grown alongside the industry’s embrace of sustainable solutions. The 2019 SONORA Plate Green Leaf Award program recognized more than one winner per region, reflecting increased geographic diversity in the applications.

In addition to integrating KODAK SONORA Process Free Plates into their operations, each of the 52 companies demonstrated an ongoing commitment to investing in sustainable business practices. The winners were judged on a range of criteria by Kodak’s Health Safety & Environmental team, with special recognition going to the top-scoring printers from each region, which

include: Amar Ujala (India); Drukkerij de Bij (Netherlands); Gemini Print (UK); ZühalOfset (Turkey); Cartocor (Argentina); Primex Printers (Philippines); Tweddle Group (U.S.). A complete list can be found on Kodak’s website.

“Those recognized in this year’s SONORA Plate Green Leaf Award exemplify the tremendous dedication it takes to run a highperformance print operation,” said Robert Price, General Manager, Plate Business, Eastman Kodak Company. In an increasingly competitive and complex industry, more and more printers are adopting sustainable business processes. They understand it can deliver real bottom-line impact to their business, from improved efficiencies to their print operation to increased profitability of their entire business.”

Today, over 4,000 printers of all sizes rely on Kodak to capture all the benefits of process free. Printers make the seamless transition to Kodak SONORA Process Free Plates because they deliver long run lengths, fast imaging speeds, excellent resolution capabilities, UV capability, and excellent productivity, while delivering cost savings and increased profitability. As the transition to KODAK SONORA Process Free Plates continues at a rapid pace, one out of every three plates Kodak sells is now process free, with this trend expected to grow.