THE London Freelance Branch of the NUJ celebrates Internat ional Women's day with eminent journalists and leading campaigners for t he recognition of women within the media industries: Dinah Caine\, Kate Kinninmont and Katharine Whitehorn.
\nOn Monday 8 March London Fre elance Branch of the NUJ invites members to celebrate International Wome n's day at its monthly meeting: 7pm at Friends House\, Euston. We'll exa mine the urgent issue of how to "break through the boys' broadcast barri er": in the words of journalist Laura Flanders women are the "Real Major ity\, Media Minority". See below for details of our speakers on this and more.
\nFlyer for the meeting by Pennie Quinton (from a photo listed as publi c domain) - clic k to download A4 printable version (1 MB jpeg) Katharine Wh itehorn\nBorn in 1928 in Hendon\, Katharine Whitehorn is a British jo urnalist\, writer and columnist known for her wit and humour and as a ke en observer of the changing role of women.
\nShe was a sub-editor for a women's magazine in 1956 when Picture Post photographer Bert Hardy asked her to model for him. He photographed her for a story on loneline ss in London: one Hardy photo of her sitting by a fire with a cigarette\ , as if thinking to write an article instead of being lonely\, became an advertisement for the energy drink Lucozade.
\nShe wrote for Pict ure Post just before it closed\, then worked as a columnist for the Obse rver in London from 1960 until 1996. Her 1963 article on "Sluts"\, in th e sense of "slovenly women" and identifying herself with the term\, crea ted a minor sensation.
\nShe also served as the Rector of the Univ ersity of St Andrews from 1982 to 1985. Since 1997 she has written a mon thly column for Saga Magazine.
\nIn 2009 she began presenting the short philosophical Friday evening programme on Radio 4 entitled A Point of View.
\nDinah Caine OBE\nDinah Caine is Chief Executive Office r of Skillset\, the Sector Skills Council for the Creative Media Industr ies whose mission is to "support the improvements to the productivity of our industry to ensure that it remains globally competitive". She previ ously worked in the Film and Video Workshop sector\, at the British Film Institute and for the media &\; entertainment trade unions ACCT and then BECTU.
\nUntil recently she was Deputy Chair of the Alliance of Sector Skills Councils and continues to chair their work in London. I n that capacity she sits as an Advisor on the Mayor's London Skills and Employment Board.
\nShe is currently a member of the British Scree n Advisory Council and was until recently a Board Member of the joint Bo ard of the Scottish Arts Council and Scottish Screen. She has also previ ously been a Board Member of the Northern Ireland Film and TV Commission and the Central London Training and Enterprise Council.
\nShe is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and was awarded Fellowship of the Royal Television Society for her outstanding contribution to the Televis ion Industry in 2002.
\nShe was awarded the OBE for her services t o the Media Industries in the Queen's Golden Jubilee Honours List in 200 2.
\nKate Kinninmont is Chief Executi ve of Women in Film and TV\, "the premier membership organisation for th e women in the industry"\, part of an international group with a members hip of 10\,000 around the world. As an award-winning TV producer and dir ector\, first with BBC then as a freelancer\, Kate has filmed all over t he world - from the dacha of Yevteshenko<\;!-- CHECK who he? --> in Mo scow to the bamboo hut of an aboriginal family in the tropical jungles o f Malaysia.
\nFor almost 20 years she has been an active volunteer with WFTV\, running their Events Committee and chairing the Board of Di rectors for six years. She is a member of The Directors Guild of Great B ritain\, BAFTA and the NUJ\, and is now delighted to be WFTV's full-time Chief Executive.
\nFriend's House\, Euston Road
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