“Learn about the first Black women who integrated our nation’s television news management ranks. They are ladies leading because they work behind the camera controlling all aspects of journalistic operations, including what you see on television news.”
- Ava Thompson Greenwell, Ph.D., author
What people are saying
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“Dr. Greenwell’s labor of love, Ladies Leading: The Black Women Who Control Television News (2020), reveals how the tentacles of White Supremacy operate in newsroom culture”
- Dr. Libby Lewis, Professor of Media Studies, Communication, Sociology, Gender and Sexuality Studies, and Pan African Studies at California State University and author of The Myth of Post Racialism in Television News (2016)
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“…on almost every page, there was something I could relate to…You have done an amazing job of telling our stories…”
-Former Television News Manager
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“In raw, soul-baring interviews [Ladies Leading] documents the toll racism and gender bias have taken on their professional and personal lives and she documents these women’s strategies to overcome while demanding that their voices and lived experiences be more fairly represented in news coverage.”
-Lyne Pitts, Former NBC News Vice President, & CBS News Executive Producer