Why the Alliance for Women in Media is Important and Relevant to Females of All Ages

During the Alliance for Women in Media’s Women in Sports Breakfast, a photographer captured this photo of 2015 honoree Lauren McHale and her daughter.

To me, this important picture says it all: a revered sports media veteran lovingly gazed at by her proud daughter.

I had the pleasure of sitting next to Lauren at the 2015 Gracies Luncheon where I was awarded an Emerging Voices Scholarship from Ford Motor Company Fund and the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation. Lauren’s company, Katz Sports Media, was one of the sponsors at the event and was represented by a number of female employees. Winning this prestigious scholarship from Ford provided me not only with much-needed funds, it also enabled me to network with high-power women in communications.

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Women Shine in Sports Media

On Tuesday, October 6, 2015, ESPN’s Jessica Mendoza became the first woman to call a nationally televised major league baseball playoff game. An accomplished Olympic and All-American softball star, Mendoza has been an analyst with ESPN since 2007, so her rise to the top in baseball broadcasting should surprise no one.

But it did.

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My Current Media Obsession

As parents, my husband and I try to limit our daughter’s screen time to mostly educational children’s shows such as “Sesame Street” and “Super Why!” But let’s be honest here: there are days where work and school completely does us in and we want to do nothing more than zone out in front of the television. Herein lies my current media obsession: finding entertaining-TV-shows-that-we-can-watch-in-front-of-our-children-but-do-not-feature-any-sort-of-cartoon-character-or-singing. You would think it would be an easy task considering we have more accessible channels now compared to 30 years ago. Yet, gone are the days of “Full House,” “Mork & Mindy” and “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” that used to compete for screen time at my parents’ house growing up.

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