Happy National Philanthropy Day! We want to thank you for, well, every act of philanthropy you carry out in the name of Women’s eNews!
It’s also the perfect time to make sure you know what we’ve been up to thanks to your readership and support over the years.
Women’s eNews Impact Over the Last 3 Months:
This November, Editor in Chief Rita Henley Jensen testified at the New York City Council Committee on Health hearing examining the issues raised by the City’s high maternal mortality rates. Click to read her testimony based on Women’s eNews’ findings on the specific maternal mortality risks for the women of color in NYC.
In October, WriteBoston and Women’s eNews announced their partnership and plan to continue the legacy of Teen Voices magazine, furthering its mission to improve the world for female teens through online media. Teen Voices at Women’s eNews will feature original reporting by our journalists as well as content supplied by the Teens in Print program of WriteBoston. Read the first stories here.
Throughout September Women’s eNews had a team in Jordan to report from refugee camps and surrounding suburban neighborhoods for our special series Collateral Damage Syria: Women and Girls Fleeing Violence. The series focuses on the unique risks Syrian females face, as well as the work they are doing to combat them. Explore the first multimedia reports produced from the series here.
Highlights From the Last 13 Years:
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More than one million unique visitors to the Women’s eNews website in 2012;
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50,000 subscribers receiving our daily news feature each morning, while our website is updated with breaking news alerts throughout the day;
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33,600 followers on Twitter retweeting Women’s eNews stories to thousands more readers, and 9,000 “likes” on Facebook;
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4,500 plus original news stories written by a host of independent journalists from every spot on the globe;
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250 Leaders honored for their creativity and commitment to improving women’s lives worldwide;
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40 awards for coverage, leadership and groundbreaking journalism (This August, we landed a spot on the Forbes 100 Best Websites for Women for the 3rd year in a row!);
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25 Special Series produced;
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15 interns trained each year, in our editorial, marketing and development departments.
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Thank you for your previous support of Women’s eNews—and happy National Philanthropy Day!
With appreciation,
Team Women’s eNews