In the MediaPress Kit:
In The MediaThe following stories from print, broadcast and online media outlets include quotes from Jennifer L. Pozner between 2002 and the present. “Reviews, Q&As and Excerpts” are specifically about Reality Bites Back; others either reference the book and the author’s reality TV analysis — or discuss broader issues related to women, media, pop culture, and politics.
TV, Film, and Video:Note: Some TV segments aired after Sept. 2010 appear above in the “reviews” section. And while some of the segments below are specific only to reality television, other segments below feature the author speaking to broader issues in news media, pop culture and politics. “Interview Boxed: Reality TV,” Debate between Jennifer L. Pozner, reality TV producer Troy DeVolld, and former Survivor star Sean Kenniff, World Compass, May 2, 2011 “What Women Want to Watch on TV,” The Today Show, NBC, Sept. 4, 2010: (Watch the clip above in the “Reviews” section) “Reality Unreeled,” a half-hour video interview with Jennifer L. Pozner by Paper Tiger TV, an independent media project, aired on Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN) and Brooklyn Cable Access Television (BCAT), Jul7 28, 2010 (Watch the clip above in the “Reviews” section) “What Should Change in Wake of Tiller Murder,” GRITtv with Laura Flanders, June 1, 2009 Please enable Javascript and Flash to view this Blip.tv video.
“Inside USA: The Election Post,” Al Jazeera English, Sept. 19, 2008 
“Every Issue is a Women’s Issue,” Jennifer L. Pozner’s speech at Tides’ Momentum 2008 conference, July 22, 2008 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2184927633147362417To view this video in shorter chunks: Part 1 of 3, Part 2 of 3, Part 3 of 3 “Jeff Cohen Reports from the National Conference on Media Reform, 2008,” Free Speech TV, July 2008 Please enable Javascript and Flash to view this Blip.tv video.“Will Writers Strike Impact TV Viewership,” Reliable Sources, CNN, Nov. 11, 2007 (Video and transcript) Part 1: 
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To The Contrary with Bonnie Erbe, PBS, Aug 12, 2007 (and TTC web-only extra) Scarborough Country with Dan Abrams, MSNBC, June 19, 2007 (Click show name for video, or read transcript and a coda about what the segment was supposed to cover) The Big Story with John Gibson, Fox News, June 13, 2007 (Video and transcript) 
Geraldo At Large, Fox News, May 26, 2007 Hannity & Colmes, Fox News, Apr. 30, 2007 (Video and transcript) 
Fox & Friends, Fox News Network, Apr. 26, 2007 
Scarborough Country, MSNBC, Apr. 25, 2007 Hannity & Colmes, Fox News, Apr. 18, 2007 (Video and transcript) Part 1: 
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To The Contrary with Bonnie Erbe, PBS, Apr. 18, 2007 To The Contrary with Bonnie Erbe, PBS, Feb 9, 2007 (and TTC web-only extra) Scarborough Country, MSNBC, Sept. 14, 2006 (Click show name for video; or read a transcript) Scarborough Country, MSNBC, Sept. 13, 2006 (Click show name for video; or read a transcript) “Real Curves; Nike is now featuring ads with real people instead of models,” Good Day New York, Fox, WNYW-TV, Aug. 24, 2005 Top Priority, ABC News Now, Aug. 1, 2005 “Real Sex and the City,” The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Comedy Central, Sept. 26, 2002
RADIO:“Is Reality TV Bad for Us?” Q with Jian Ghomeshi, CBC Radio, Nov. 30, 2010 “The Hazards of Reality TV,” The Callie Crossley Show, WGBH, Nov. 15, 2010 “Is Reality TV a Dangerous Addiction?” Word Of Mouth with Virginia Prescott, New Hampshire Public Radio, Nov. 3, 2010 “Women and Reality TV — It Ain’t Pretty,” Rich Fisher interviews Jennifer L. Pozner, KWGS Public Radio Tulsa, Apr. 21. 2010 “Media and Women,” Listen Up! NW at KBCS program 40, with an interview between Katherine Stevenson (RadioZine-KBOO) and Jennifer L. Pozner, Mar. 20, 2009 Host Bob McChesney interviews Jennifer L. Pozner about women and the media, Media Matters with Bob McChesney, WILL-AM580, NPR, Aug. 3, 2008 Eisha Mason interviews Jennifer L. Pozner on media coverage of the 2008 election, The Morning Review, KPFK (Pacifica) Radio, 90.7FM Diane Farsetta interviews Jennifer L. Pozner on media, gender, and school shootings, A Public Affair, WORT 89.9 FM, Apr. 20, 2007 Special series on women and the media, KPFA’s Women’s Magazine, Jan 22, 2007 Thenmozhi Soundararajan interviews Jennifer L. Pozner about women and media justice, reporting back from the National Conference on Media Reform, Uprising Radio, KPFK 90.7FM, Pacifica Radio, Jan 19, 2007 Larry Bensky interviews Jennifer L. Pozner live from the National Conference on Media Reform, KPFA’s Sunday Salon, Pacifica Radio, Jan. 14, 2007 Laura Flanders interviews Jennifer L. Pozner on women, media, and the need for institutional change, Radio Nation, Air America, Jan. 13 2007 Deepa Fernandes interviews Jennifer L. Pozner about images of women in advertising on Wake Up Call, Pacifica Radio, WBAI-99.5 FM, Aug. 31, 2005 “As Alternative Media Outlets Become Increasingly Rare, the Feminist Majority Foundation Buys Ms. Magazine: A Roundtable On Women, War, Independent Media and Protest,” Amy Goodman interviews Jennifer L. Pozner, Gloria Steinem, Ellie Smeal and Lisa Jervis on Democracy Now!, Pacifica Radio, Dec. 11, 2001 PRINT and ONLINE MEDIA:See “Reviews” section above for print and web coverage specifically about Reality Bites Back. 2010 “Jerry Springer: Celebrating 20 years of ‘trash tv,’” Lisa Respers France, CNN, Nov. 3, 2010 “Oprah Winfrey Bans the B-Word,” US Post Today, Nov. 3, 2o10 “Feminists laud Oprah Winfrey for banning the word ‘bitch’ from new OWN television network,” Caroline May, The Daily Caller, Nov. 1, 2010 “The Real Schoolgirls of HKS,” Heather Milkiewicz, The Citizen, Sept. 15, 2010 “K-State First, Kansas State Book Network Host Lecture By Media Critic Jennifer Pozner,” Kansas State University News Services, Sept. 14, 2010 REVIEW: “Fun with Media Literacy: Debriefing About the MTV VMA’s,” Julia Taylor, RosalindWiseman.com, Sept. 13, 2010 “Waterworks still socially frowned on for men,” Misty Harris, Montreal Gazette, Sept. 13, 2010 “Women In Television,” Maria Guzman, Gender Across Borders, Sept. 10, 2010 “Designer Death,” Melanie Klein, Feminist Fatale, Aug. 19, 2010 “Media bias and what to do about it,” Media Misses, Aug. 11, 2010 “Outraged Moms, Trashy Daughters,” Anne Kingston, MacLeans, Aug. 10, 2010 “Julia Child forced to eat at Hooters,” Media Misses, Aug. 10, 2010 “As ABC’s Bachelor Pad debuts tonight, I wonder: What does the Bachelor franchise say about race in America?” Eric Deggans, The Feed blog, St. Petersburg Times, Aug. 9, 2010 “A ‘cougar’ backlash is brewing,” Misty Harris, CanWest News Service, Vancouver Sun, June 28, 2010 “Watch out: YouTube exposes your Gmail contacts,” Allen McDuffee, Raw Story, June 28, 2010 “The Feminist Summer Reading List,” Robin Marty, Care2 Women’s Rights Blog, June 2010 “The L Word is Back–For ‘Real’?” Audrey Bilger, Ms. Blog, Ms. Magazine, June 21, 2010 “McKinney Lecture Focuses on Challenging Stereotypes of Women in the Media,” The Brooklyn Eagle, Francesca Norsen Tate, April 29, 2010 “The Pill 50 Years Later — and the Fight for Coverage Continues,” Catherine Epstein, Huffington Post, Apr. 27, 2010 “Around the Booths; PW’s select guide to exhibitors at BookExpo America,” Publisher’s Weekly, PW Staff, Apr. 26, 2010 2009 “From tarty to tomboy: Tinkerbell grows up,” Misty Harris, CanWest News Service, Canada.com, October 27, 2009 “TV’s weight-watching is a big deal,” Mark Dawidziak, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Aug. 22 “Hollywood’s big deal with weight watching,” Marthan Mueller Neff, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Aug. 21, 2009 “Gym Gunman Was Not Alone: The Making of a Misogynist Murderer,” Anna North, Jezebel, Aug. 5, 2009 “Jewish Women and Reality TV,” Leah Berkenwald, Jewish Women’s Archive, July 30, 2009 “Ten Women You’d Be daft Not To Follow On Twitter,” Jessica Wakeman, The Frisky, July 7, 2009 “Tickling and teasing the real: mocking reality TV in the film Series 7,” Kevin Taylor Anderson, Post Script, June 22, 2009 “Media analyst criticizes shows like ‘The Bachelor,'” News-Journal (Daytona Beach, Florida), Mar. 9, 2009 “Embry-Riddle Arts & Letters Series Presents Media Critic Jennifer Pozner and Author John Hemingway,” Targeted News Service, Mar. 4, 2009 “Recap and Musings: Jennifer L. Pozner’s Project Brainwash,” From the Cracked Mirror, Feb. 25, 2009 “Media Critic Pozner To Speak At Oregon State University on Women, Reality TV,” US Fed News, Feb. 25, 2009 “Chance to vent spleen irresistible online,” Misty Harris, CanWest News Service, Feb. 20, 2009 2008 “Gender in the Media; Critical Mindedness and Media Literacy,” Marielena Zuniga, Soroptimist magazine, 2008. “Analysis: Obama election drives diversity at outlets,” Craig McGuire, PR Week, Nov. 24, 2008 (PDF) “Election 08: Gender, race and the media,” Reclaim the Media, Nov. 6, 2008 “The Black Female in Modern History,” New African, Khadija Sharife, Oct. 2008 “Around the Valley,” Kim Nowacki,Yakima Herald-Republic (Washington), Oct. 25, 2008 “Media: Hillary lost the race but women are running the election show: Clinton’s failed candidacy bid has left one notable legacy – the rise of female presenters in TV news,” Elana Schor, The Guardian (London), Oct. 27, 2008 “Race, Gender and the Media in the 2008 Elections,” Marcia G. Yerman, Huffington Post, Oct. 12, 2008 “Time to Get Going,” John P Gregg, Valley News (White River Junction, Vermont), Sept. 18, 2008 “Journalist and Media Critic Jennifer Pozner Discusses Sexism, Racism in Media Coverage of 2008 Elections,” Targeted News Service, Aug. 14, 2008 “The ‘Online Estrogen Revolution,’: The Internet’s digital footprint is looking more like a stiletto every day,” Misty Harris, CanWest News Service, The Ottawa Citizen, July 29, 2008 “Gender, Race, Class, Age… and the Media,” Marcia G. Yerman, Huffington Post, June 25, 2008 “The Problem with Paula: The ditz and glitz demand curiosity-slowing, but how much more can we take?” Joanne Ostrow, Denver Post, May 18, 2008 “That Dreadful Valentine’s Murder,” Marry in Massachusetts, Apr. 3, 2008 “‘I Was a Teenage Feminist’; Movie review,” Jennifer O’Connor, Herizons, Mar. 22, 2008 “Reality TV women unreal,” Joyce Galinski, The Ranger, Mar. 13, 2008 “Media Critic To Speak On Reality TV Stereotypes,” Targeted News Service, Mar. 3, 2008 2007 “Sensational reporting can be bad news,” Randi Schmelzer, PR Week, Dec. 10, 2007 “Reporting on the writers’ strike reinforcing the myth of ‘unscripted’ reality TV,” Lindsay Beyerstein, Majikthise, Nov. 6, 2007 “Have Women’s Magazines Gone Out Of Vogue,” Rachel Leibrock, The Sacramento Bee, Sept. 4, 2007 (at TruthOut, Aug. 28) “Thigh-Witness News: Can a bikini model be made into an instant anchor?” Adam Buckman, New York Post, Aug 18, 2007 “E-male,” Ellen Goodman, Boston Globe, Aug. 10 2007 “Girl Power Gone Wild,” Misty Harris, Can West News Service, Aug. 2, 2007 “Blogometer; Changing Course?” The Hotline, July 30, 2007 “Who’s that girl? Allison Barnett is a normal mom-to-be until she goes on the air. Then Alli That Girl takes over,” Amber Mobley, St. Petersburg Times, July 19, 2007 “As women are demeaned, TV ratings rise; During prime-time sweeps month, look for bimbos, man-eaters and cat-fighter,” Sandra Kobrin, Chicago Sun Times, May 6, 2007 “CBS Evening Blues: Can Katie Couric survive as anchor?” Gail Shister, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Apr. 29, 2007 “Without Rosie, it’s a prim ‘View,‘” Joanne Ostrow, Denver Post, Apr. 29, 2007 “Prime-Time TV Sweeps Women to All-Time Lows,” Sandra Kobrin, WomensEnews, Apr. 25, 2007 “Reality TV’s dismal portrayal of women,” Stephanie Bergeron, The Recorder (CCSU), Mar. 8, 2007 “There is no media justice without women: models for feminist media action,” Sarah Kuck, Reclaim The Media, Feb 3, 2007 “See Jane work ; Actress Geena Davis and her advocacy group press for gender awareness at Conference for Media Reform,” Leanne Kleinmann, The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) Jan. 13, 2007 2006 “Bore me with your fury, please!!!,” Bonnie Erbe, US News & World Report, Aug. 25, 2006 “Brains not boobs key to real beauty, Real Hot 100 Awards say: ‘How you fill out a bikini, in the grand scheme of things, means nothing’,” Misty Harris, CanWest News Service, Edmonton Journal (Alberta), Aug. 12, 2006 “Girl power as anarchism: The eight-year-olds who were the Spice Girls’ biggest fans in the 1990s are now about to hit 18,” John Harris, The Guardian (London), July 17, 2006 “City University of New York Graduate Center Announces April Publoic Programs,” US States News, Apr. 3, 2006 “Communications Open House Features Media Critic Jennifer Pozner,” US States News, Feb. 28, 2006 “Images of thin women help self-esteem, study suggests,” Misty Harris, Can West News Service, Windsor Star, Feb. 18, 2006 (.pdf) “Women’s History Month at the College of New Jersey,” US States News, Feb. 23, 2006 “Legacy: Betty Friedan, desperate housewife?” Hillary Rhodes, Associated Press, Feb. 6, 2006 “Reality TV critic draws attention to shows’ flaws,” Cara Pesek, Lincoln Journal Star, Feb. 9, 2006 “Reality TV stereotypes to be exposed at Doane,” Cara Pesek, Lincoln Journal Star, Feb. 7, 2006 “Reflections on fairness and accuracy; The Language of Extra!,” Jacqueline Bacon, Extra!, Jan.-Feb. 2006 “Women In Media & News,” Clamor Magazine, Issue 35.5, Jan/Feb 2006 2005 “One by One, Women Count Bylines,” Hannah Seligson, Womens Enews, Dec. 26, 2005 “It’s heaven on Earth — or at least on television Holiday shows say amen to a pop-culture wave of spiritual awareness,” Joanne Ostrow, Denver Post, Dec. 19, 2005 “She-said/She-said,” Jessica Clark, In These Times, Dec. 2, 2005 “Commercial Publisher Revives ‘Women’s Review of Books,'” The Chronicle of Higher Education, Dec. 2, 2005 “Mayhem for profit: TV’s assault on women,” Joanne Ostrow, Denver Post, Nov. 20, 2005. “Media Myths, Lecture challenges representation of women,” The New Hampshire (UNH), Nov. 4, 2005 “Broadcasting the Backlash, Media profits from humiliating women, says critic Jennifer Pozner,” Real Change, Oct. 7, 2005 “Swoosh! Big women taking ads by storm,” Jimmy Vielkind and Nancy Dillon, New York Daily News, Aug. 16, 2005 “Fab or Flab? Love ‘Em (They’re Real!) Or Hate ‘Em (Big Women in Their Underwear On Billboards?), the Models In Dove’s New Ad Have the Country Talking,” People, Aug. 15, 2005 “‘We Are the New Mainstream,’” Anne Elizabeth Moore, Punk Planet, Jul/Aug 2005 (pdf) “Provocative ads target female consumers,” Misty Harris, Can West News Service, The Ottawa Citizen, July 27, 2005. Page 1 (pdf) Page 2 (pdf) “Advertising Week ad stirs tempest in a C cup,” Claire Atkinson, Advertising Age, July 25, 2005 “Ad Week Breast Ad Sparks Industry Controversy,” Claire Atkinson, Advertising Age, July 25, 2005 “What happened in St. Louis? Notes from the Seattle report-back fro the National Conference on Media Reform,” Reclaim The Media, June 2, 2005 “Interview with Jennifer L. Pozner,” Emily Udell, Punk Planet, May/June 2005 (pdf) “Media: Amplifying Women’s Voices,” Z Magazine, Vol. 18, No. 5, May 2005 “What women want from newspapers,” John Burke, EditorsWeblog, World Association of Newspapers, Apr. 25, 2005 “Where are the Women?” Emily Udell, In These Times, April 22, 2005 “Reality TV vs. Real Life: Helping Your Child Know the Difference,” Andrew Malekoff, published by the North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, Apr. 20, 2005 (.pdf) “The Emerging Progressive Media Network,” Tracy van Slyke and Jessica Clark, In These Times, April 14, 2005 (pdf) “Global Fundamentalism, Post-9/11 America, and the Ever-Present War on Feminism,” Chris Cuomo, Transformations, Mar. 31, 2005 “Writings of the Third Wave: young feminists in conversation,” Jennifer Gilley and Diane Zabel, American Library Association’s Reference & User Services Quarterly, March 22, 2005 “At the Podium: Media, Women & War: How Does the Invisibility of Women’s Voices in War Coverage Shortchange America? Lecture by Jennifer L. Pozner,” South Bend Tribune (Indiana) Mar. 21, 2005 “CALENDAR: Progressive Politics: Contributors to the “instant book” “What We Do Now” (Melville House) talk about how progressives can respond to the presidential election results,” The New York Sun, Jan. 3, 2005 2004 “Pro-whose-life? Ten reasons why militarism is bad for your health,” Ryn Gluckman, Betsy Hartmann and Azi Shariatmadar, Women’s Review of Books, Sept. 2004 “Money for Nothing; Dumb or savvy, these beautiful blonds have nothing to say. Why do we keep watching?” Mark Caro, Chicago Tribune, July 11, 2004 “Media Activism Timeline: Films that Make a Difference,” ReleasePrint, the magazine of Film Arts Foundation, Jul/Aug Supplemental 2004 (pdf) “I Crave For Ramen: The Subversion of Product Placement in Yong Yi’s Spring Bears Love,” Adam Hartzell, The Film Journal, July 2004 “This Week at the UO: Cultural Forum lecture – 7 p.m. Jennifer Pozner discusses reality television and the portrayal of women,” The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) May 9, 2004 “Review of The W Effect: Bush’s War on Women,” Lua Preta, LiP Magazine, Dec. 5, 2004 “Arts & Culture Chat with Jennifer L. Pozner,” MsMagazine.com, Dec. 3, 2004 2003 “Looking Around; Catching A Wave: Reclaiming Feminism for the 21st Century,” Andi Zeisler, Women’s Review of Books, June 2003 “Speaker examines issues involving women, the media,” New Britain Herald, Apr. 1, 2003 “Events Give Voice to Women’s History,” Katie Delisle, Hartford Courant, Mar. 8, 2003 2002 “Protesting Capitalism on Wall St.,”Lisa Weinert and Emilie Goodhart, The Nation, Oct. 21, 2002 “‘Bachelor’: A Little Sweet, a Little Bitter Series,” Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn, Los Angeles Times, Apr. 22, 2002 For media clips featuring quotes or commentary by Jennifer L. Pozner prior to 2002, see the archives at FAIR.org or scan the Lexis Nexis news database. For articles and essays written by Jennifer prior to founding Women In Media & News in late 2001, see this media criticism archive.
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