Notable Women in Media

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

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A-D

• Adams, Cindy, gossip columnist
• Amanpour, Christiane, TV news correspondent
• Barrett, Rona, gossip columnist, entrepreneur
• Black, Cathleen, publisher
• Brothers, Dr. Joyce, psychologist, television personality
• Brown, Helen Gurley, magazine editor, writer
• Brown, Tina, magazine publisher
• Buchanan, Edna, crime reporter, mystery writer
• Carlson, Margaret, magazine publisher
• Chandler, Dorothy, publisher, philanthropist
• Child, Julia, chef and PBS personality
• Chung, Connie, TV news reporter
• Clift, Eleanor, journalist, political commentator
• Collins, Gail, newspaper columnist, writer
• Couric, Katie, TV talk show host
• Day, Dorothy, journalist
• Decter, Midge, journalist, writer
• Dhue, Laurie, TV newscaster
• Dix, Dorothea , civil rights reformer
• Dixon, Jeane, columnist, prognosticator
• Dowd, Maureen, columnist, journalist

F-L

• Farnsworth, Elizabeth, TV news reporter
• Francis, Arlene, actor, TV personality
• Fuentes, Daisy, TV personality, model
• Gellhorn, Martha, international correspondent
• Geyer, Georgie Anne, foreign correspondent
• Gifford, Kathie Lee, talk-show host
• Gonzales, Patrisia, journalist
• Goodman, Ellen, columnist
• Graham, Katharine, newspaper, magazine publisher
• Graham, Sheilah, gossip columnist, writer
• Hinojosa, Maria, TV news correspondent
• Hopper, Hedda, actress, gossip columnist
• Ifill, Gwen, TV news reporter
• Lake, Ricki, talk-show host, actress
• Landers, Ann, advice columnist
• Logan, Lara, TV newscaster
• Lozano, Monica, newspaper publisher
• Luce, Clare Boothe, playwright and diplomat

M-R

• Martin, Judith, columnist ("Miss Manners")
• Matalin, Mary, commentator, political activist
• Matenopoulos, Debbie, TV personality
• McGrory, Mary, political columnist
• Mitchell, Andrea, TV news correspondent
• Noonan, Peggy, columnist, political writer
• O'Beirne, Kate, political commentator
• O'Donnell, Rosie, talk show host, actor, comedian
• Paglia, Camille, writer, social critic
• Parsons, Louella, newspaper columnist
• Pauley, Jane, TV journalist
• Porter, Sylvia, columnist, author
• Post, Emily, authority on etiquette
• Postrel, Virginia, magazine editor
• Powter, Susan, speaker, writer
• Rabinowitz, Dorothy, editor, commentator
• Ray, Rachael, TV chef, talk show host
• Rice, Linda Johnson, magazine publisher, executive
• Rivers, Joan, comedian, talk show host, actress
• Russell, Lynne, TV news anchor

S-Z

• Saralegui, Cristina, TV show host
• Sawyer, Diane, television journalist
• Schlafly, Phyllis, columnist, activist
• Schlessinger, Laura, talk show host
• Schmich, Mary, columnist
• Sherr, Lynn, TV news reporter
• Shriver, Maria, TV newscaster
• Skinner, Nancy, radio personality
• Smith, Liz, gossip columnist
• Stahl, Lesley, TV news reporter
• Sontag, Susan, writer and critic
• Tarbell, Ida, American author, muckraker
• Thomas, Helen, White House correspondent
• Thompson, Andrea, actor, TV newscaster
• Thompson, Dorothy, journalist
• Van Buren, Abigail, advice columnist
• Vanderbilt, Amy, journalist, author
• Van Susteren, Greta, TV personality
• Vreeland, Diana, fashion editor
• Walters, Barbara, television reporter and anchor
• Warner, Margaret, TV news reporter
• Westheimer, Dr. Ruth, sex advisor
• Winfrey, Oprah, talk-show host, actress
• Wintour, Anna, magazine editor
• Yates, Paula, TV personality
• Zahn, Paula, TV news reporter, anchor

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