Journalism Archives - Infinite Women

Eiluned Lewis

Welsh journalist and writer

Mary Bernard

Canadian journalist and hostel manager

Sara McLagan

Canadian newspaper publisher, journalist, and social reformer

True crime aficionado Michelle McNamara spent years investigating the man she called the “Golden State Killer.” Thanks to her work, former police officer Joseph James DeAngelo was identified as the perpetrator of at least thirteen murders, fifty-one rapes and 120 burglaries across California between 1974 and 1986.

Sarah Koenig

Journalist and true crime podcast host

Esther Lape

Lesbian journalist who was part of Eleanor Roosevelt’s inner circle

Jill Abramson

In 2011, when the newspaper industry was in crisis, Jill Abramson was the first woman named editor of The New York Times.

Jean Cole

In the 1960s, Boston journalists Loretta McLaughlin and Jean Cole worked to publicise what would become known as the Boston Strangler murders.

Loretta McLaughlin

In the 1960s, Boston journalists Loretta McLaughlin and Jean Cole worked to publicise what would become known as the Boston Strangler murders.

Lynn Povich

In 1970, 60 women employees of Newsweek sued the magazine. Female researchers accused male writers and editors of taking credit for their work, including Lynn Povich, who later wrote a book about the experience, Good Girls Revolt.