There was a sharp increase in attacks on women journalists in 2024, according to a new report from the Coalition for Women in Journalism. The newly released Women Press Freedom study notes that 951 press violations against women journalists were documented in 2024, marking a 56-percent increase from 2023.Twenty-one women journalists were killed, the highest number since the Women Press Freedom report began tracking instances of such violence in 2019. Turkey (128 violations), Russia (105), and Venezuela (45) were the top three countries with the most violations against women journalists, notes the report.

Melanie Reim, a longtime subscriber and contributor, left her post as Associate Dean of the School of Art and Design, Professor and after 15 years as the chair of the MFA Illustration program at FIT NYC [Fashion Institute of Technology/SUNY]. Now that she has so much extra time, she offers life drawing at her mid-town NYC studio. She recently wrote and illustrated a book, Different & the Same, My Drawings and Stories of Women Around the World, published b...