Australia's first female journalists reported on wars and human rights around the world – but many died in obscurity
- Written by: Kathryn Shine, Associate Professor, Journalism, Curtin University
When I look out into a class of journalism students, the faces I see will often belong to young women. In contemporary journalism education, this is the norm. In many countries, about two thirds of journalism tertiary students are female. And in Australia, women have held the majority of journalism jobs for some time.
This is a remarkable...
