Emily Ramshaw and Amanda Zamora wanted to do something radical about the white men dominating newsrooms. “70% of policy and politics editors are men, almost all of them are white,” says Emily. “These are the people deciding which stories are told, who is telling them, and whether they will be on the front page or the back page, if they get there at all.” So, Emily and Amanda along with Editor-at-Large Errin Haines and a scrappy group of fearless women and LGBTQ+ journalists band together to buck the status quo and launch The 19th*, a digital news start-up. Named after the 19th Amendment which gave women the right to vote, but with an asterisk to acknowledge the Black women and women of color who were omitted, the 19th’s work is guided everyday by the asterisk - asking who is being omitted from the story, and how can they be included.
Touring with the Film
TBD
Schedule
North Carolina - South Carolina Circuit
Monday, February 12, 2024: Clemson, SC - The City of Clemson Arts Center
Tuesday, February 13, 2024: Winston-Salem, NC - a/perture cinema
Thursday, February 15, 2024: Raleigh, NC - NC State University Libraries
Friday, February 16, 2024: Wilmington, NC - University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Florida Circuit
Tuesday, February 20, 2024: Sarasota, FL - WSLR
Wednesday, February 21, 2024: Fort Myers, FL - Lee County Alliance of the Arts
Thursday, February 22, 2024: Miami, FL - O Cinema