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8 Vacation Photo Tips to Add Magic to Your Brand Story Online

To amplify your vacation story, enjoy these eight fun photo tips that are based on our marketing book, 8-Second PR: Energize Your Story for Ultimate Media Success! Whether you are in Bali, Indonesia, or our hometown of Baltimore, Maryland, these examples will show you how to add magic to your photo to capture their attention in 8 seconds (average attention span of an adult).

And whether you like it or not, social media has now made everyone CEO of their own personal brand. Your photos are your message to the world, and can make a huge first impression on anyone scanning your profile, looking to hire you, and/or considering to buy your product or service.

1. Use Shadows and Positioning – Photo in Badwater Basin, Death Valley, California – Have fun magnifying your photo with shadows that can add more depth to the image. You can also see that this picture has the subject positioned slightly to the left. Always try to avoid taking photos with the subject in the center, unless there is no other option.2. Include Animals – Photo at Bali Safari and Marine Park, Indonesia – Everyone loves photos with animals, which get the second most likes and comments, according to Hopper HQ. This photo of two giraffes is also strong because you can see their eyes and it’s an action photo. And if you’re not near a safari park, try posting photos of your favorite dogs or cats to increase engagement.3. Take Close Ups of Food with a Story – Photo at Ubud, Bali, Coffee and Tea Tasting, Indonesia  – Food photos also receive more likes than most images. Capture snapshots of food that tells a story about your trip. For example, this photo is at a tea tasting in Ubud, Bali, where we were fortunate to have yummy coconut and fried bananas for lunch overlooking a rice field.4. Add Action to Your Photo Story – Photo in Lake Elsinore, California – Because we are all overloaded when scanning through images on Instagram, add action to your photos to make people look twice. This fun snapshot of Photographer Joyce Chow was taken during the recent 2019 Superbloom in a Southern California poppy field.5. Use Different Angles – Photo in Napa Valley, California – Get creative with your photos by trying different angels. Get down on the ground, point the camera angle down on a landscape or subject, and/or use the Macro or Pan settings on the camera. This picture of vineyard grapes also has the main subject on the right, which is always better for the composition.6. Take Surprising Expressions – Baltimore, Maryland, Family Reunion – Take photos with an unexpected expression of people to draw your audience’s attention. This action photo at a family reunion just north of Baltimore is a magic moment that made many people smile.7. Take Photos of Landmarks with Personality – Photo in Park City, Utah – Look for landmarks that are decorated to give your photo more personality. For example, this historic barn is on the main road into Park City, Utah, and is a welcoming sign to many who visit. During this drive-by, it had an American flag for the 4thof July holiday. Notice that the barn is also off to the side, which opens up the photo more.8. Capture Powerful Sunrise and Sunset Images – Photo in Bali at the Komune Resort and Beach Club, Indonesia – When taking photos of a sunrise or sunset, it’s important to look at different elements in your composition. A photo with people and texture is much more powerful than flat water. In this case, we set the alarm for 5:00am to capture this orange sunrise in Bali. Fortunately, both surfers and waves were perfectly positioned. Silhouettes and curves also added to the depth.On top of all of these vacation photo tips, make sure you have good lighting. While you can always go back and edit photos later with filters, apps and photoshop, it is always best to get it right the first time. If the lighting is bad, try moving to different angles, use a flash and/or use colors to make your image pop more. And if you can wait, come back the next day when the sun is in a better place for the best results.And the BIG SECRET that many professional photographers will agree upon is that you need to take about 100 photos to get five great photos. We learned this approach during a photography class at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C., and it’s truly how we got these great photos.

The last photography tip that we want to share is that you always want to take photos with both a high quality camera and a smartphone on your trips. Trust me, you don’t want to learn this tip the hard way. After losing important photos from Bali and the Sundance Film Festival due to camera and iPhone malfunctions, we were so grateful to have the backups.

So enjoy taking and posting your priceless vacation photos. And for more photography and video marketing tips for amplifying your brand story, read our 8-Second PR book and/or take our online courses on Teachable that include case studies examples for how to break through all the noise online. Chapter 2 is all about digital marketing strategy and story tips to help you post great content, get more likes and comments online and add magic to your personal brand. And if you have any questions, tweet us @LizHKelly. You can do this!

© Liz H Kelly, Goody PR Founder and 8-Second PR Author, 2019

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Visionary Women Salon: Discussion with Judy Chicago

 

Join Visionary Women for an intimate
salon with Judy Chicago!

Event Date: September 5, 2019

Time: 5:30-7:30 pm

Location: Jeffrey Deitch Gallery

925 North Orange Dr.

Los Angeles, CA 90038

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JUDY CHICAGO

Judy Chicago is an artist, author of fourteen books, educator, and humanist whose work and life are models for an enlarged definition of art, an expanded role for the artist, and women’s rights to freedom of expression. Chicago is most well-known for her role in creating a Feminist art and art education program in California during the early 1970’s, and for her monumental work The Dinner Party, executed between 1974 – 1979, which is the centerpiece of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum in New York. Over the subsequent decades, Chicago has approached a variety of subjects in a range of media, including the Birth Project, PowerPlay, the Holocaust Project: From Darkness into Light, Resolutions: A Stitch in Time. Most recently she completed The End: A Meditation on Death and Extinction, which will be premiered at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Fall 2019, shortly after the publication of a major monograph. Chicago’s work has been exhibited widely in the United States and internationally. Her continued influence has been increasingly acknowledged; as recently evidenced by her inclusion in Time Magazine’s list of the “100 Most Influential People” in 2018.

Judy Chicago’s THE DINNER PARTY is on display at the Brooklyn Museum

Her work is in the collections of the British Museum, Moderna Museet (Stockholm), Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), National Gallery (Washington DC), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, Hammer Museum, Getty Trust and Getty Research Institute, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Tate Modern, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Art Institute of Chicago, and over 25 university art museums such as Brandeis, Cornell, Harvard, Illinois, Michigan, UCLA, Canterbury (New Zealand) and Cambridge (UK).

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Judy Chicago’s The Birth Project at the Harwood Museum of Art

 

ANDREA BOWERS

Los Angeles multimedia artist Andrea Bowers’ work explores the intersection between activism and art. Her main focus is the necessity of nonviolent protest and civil disobedience in the lives of women. Andrea’s recent work investigates the continued exploitation of the poor and working class. Her intricate photorealist drawings, large-scale graphic works, videos and ephemera pay homage to a multitude of movements and causes particularly feminism, climate justice, immigrant rights and workers’ rights. She is a proud member of the SEIU local 721 and currently a member of the Bargaining Committee for the Otis College of Art and Design Part-time Faculty Union. She has been teaching in the Otis Graduate Public Practice Program since 2007.

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CONNIE BUTLER– MODERATOR

Connie Butler is the Chief Curator at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles where, since 2013, she has organized numerous exhibitions including the biennial of Los Angeles artists Made in LA (2014), Mark Bradford: Scorched Earth (2015) and Marisa Merz: The Sky Is a Great Space (2017). She also co-curated Adrian Piper: A Synthesis of Intuitions which opened at the Hammer in October 2018, and Lari Pittman: Declaration of Independence which opens at the Hammer in fall 2019. From 2006-2013 she was the Robert Lehman Foundation Chief Curator of Drawings at The Museum of Modern Art, New York where she co-curated the first major Lygia Clark retrospective in the United States (2014) and On Line: Drawing Through the Twentieth Century (2010). Butler also organized the groundbreaking survey WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution (2007) at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles where she was curator from 1996-2006.

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Visionary Women is a non-profit organization 

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dedicated to advancing the status of women.

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Through our VW Salon Series, we shine a light on women’s causes and initiatives. We involve young women and girls in all Salons as a part of our mentorship program.

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We are efficient and lean – 90% of all funds raised go directly to the organizations we support.

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To date, VW has supported organizations such as:

The White Helmets, Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, Peace Is Loud, Apne App, World of Children Award, Communities in Schools,

LACMA Local, Girls for the Last Girl, Hunt Alternatives Fund, Chrysalis, Futures Without Violence, Shine Global, Planned Parenthood, Hammer, Join the Fight, OPCC, Union Rescue Mission, Women’s Sports Foundation, East Los Angeles Women’s Center, The Edible Schoolyard-Project, MOCA, LAX Art, She Should Run,

Time’s Up, It’s Our Turn.

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Women supporting and empowering women is the common thread for all we do.

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#WomenHumanitarians 24 hours. 24 Stories.

#WomenHumanitarians 24 hours. 24 Stories.

World Humanitarian Day (WHD) is held every year on 19 August to pay tribute to aid workers who risk their lives in humanitarian service, and to rally support for people affected by crises around the world.

What happens at the Scuba Show in Long Beach?

What happens at the Scuba Show in Long Beach?

Have you ever been to the Scuba Show? This is my 4th year attending the show and I love it! It is like going into the candy store and seeing all of your favorite flavors. I walk the aisles and remember great past scuba trips and make a list of where I want to go underwater next!

2019 Video: What happens at the Scuba Show in Long Beach?

See my videos from past shows and underwater videos here:

http://lisaniver.com/scuba/

Who did I see in 2019?

My friends from the Solomon Islands who I wrote about for Smithsonian and The Saturday Evening Post!

Smithsonian: Commemorating WWII History in the Solomon Islands

Saturday Evening Post: A World War II Hero Remembers Guadalcanal

https://www.visitsolomons.com.sb/

My Solomon Islands videos: https://wesaidgotravel.com/bodj

My segment for The Jet Set TV about the Solomon Islands.

I spoke with Sue from Tourism Vanuatu and this summer I am going to see the volcano in Tanna! I went to Vanuatu in 2007 and cannot wait to return. https://vanuatu.travel/en/index.php

Have you always wanted to try scuba diving—you can try it out during the show!

There is a place to make art, buy dive gear, learn about diving history and find slipins! https://slipins.com/ These skins will keep you from sunburn or any incident with underwater stinging creatures.

Lisa Niver and Meg Donat, Women Divers Hall of Fame at Scuba Show 2019

I loved meeting Meg Donat from Women Divers Hall of Fame. Meg has been diving for more than 50 years!

http://www.wdhof.org/

I went diving recently at Beaches Turks and Caicos with sharks, rays, turtles and cannot wait to go back. The dive team at Beaches and at Sandals Montego Bay were fantastic. Video Playlist from my dives Read my article in TODAY.com to learn more about my dive master Mark.

Where is on my bucket list?

RAJA AMPAT!

I spoke with several dive operators who have trips is the amazing location. I cannot wait to go back to Indonesia.

Meridian Adventures https://www.meridianadventures.com/dive/

The Arenui https://www.thearenui.com/

Coralia https://www.coralia-liveaboard.com/

Tiare https://www.tiarecruise.com/

Have you been diving in Raja Ampat? Who did you go with?

Who do you think I should go with?

Lisa’s Dive Videos:

I met Pete from Reef Smart Guides who has a guidebook about diving in Bonaire! I loved my dives in Bonaire and cannot wait to return. Thank you to VIP Diving for taking great care of me!

https://vipdiving.com/

Lisa Niver diving at Salt Pier in Bonaire. Photo by Aalia Udawala

My dive vides in Bonaire: https://wesaidgotravel.com/bonaire/

My print stories about Bonaire: in Luxury Magazine Scuba Dive in Bonaire and in Delta Sky Magazine about Fabien Cousteau in the April 2017 

One of my most favorite dive experiences was scuba diving with the Bull Sharks at Shark School with ProDive in Mexico! I wrote about it for Scuba Diver Life: Diving with BullSharks: https://scubadiverlife.com/visit-sharkschool-playa-del-carmen/

Lisa Niver Scuba Diving with Bull Sharks in Mexico

I went on a live aboard with Cuba Avalon and went diving at Gardens of the Queen.  https://wesaidgotravel.com/cuba/

Maybe next I will go on an Aggressor Adventure!! They have 24 boats all over the world and two new ones on the way.

I really want to visit my country #102. I think it might be Papua New Guinea!

I spoke with my friends at PADI and at DAN!

Make sure when you go underwater you have DAN Divers Alert Network INSURANCE!

https://www.diversalertnetwork.org/insurance/

Do you want to dive with me in Cuba?

Where am I going diving next?

FIJI

I love the beautiful blue waters and the friendly people. Learn one word: BULA!

I met the teams

from Beqa lagoon Resort https://www.beqalagoonresort.com/

Likuliku Lagoon http://likulikulagoon.com/

Malolo Island http://maloloisland.com/

VoliVoli https://www.volivoli.com/

Thank you to Ann Flower, Susan Bejeckian and the entire Scuba Show Team for another amazing show! See you in 2020!

Lisa scuba diving in Cuba at Gardens of the Queen

WHAT IS THE SCUBA SHOW?

https://scubashow.com/

Scuba Show at Long Beach Convention Center is America’s largest consumer dive expo. Visitors get everything they ever wanted to know about scuba in one place, at one time. Scuba exhibitors and scuba diving retailers showcase the latest scuba gear as well as exotic and local dive destinations. Scuba Show also includes various seminars, film festivals and a casino party.

Want to go next year?

The Scuba Show will take place on 2 days from Saturday, 30. May to Sunday, 31. May 2020 in Long Beach.

Scuba Show 2018: https://wesaidgotravel.com/underwater-world-scuba-show-2018/

video https://youtu.be/p4BsKWQ2FKI social:  Instagram

Scuba Show 2017: https://wesaidgotravel.com/the-underwater-world-is-waiting-for-you-ready/

Scuba Show 2016: https://www.wesaidgotravel.com/scuba-show/

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90210 Reboot: Are You Watching Tonight?

BH 90210 by Brian Bowen Smith/FOX

I was so excited to go to the premier of the 2019 version of 90210 with She Media at Shutters on the Beach on August 7, 2019.  I have to agree with what other fans said: It was very confusing! I am going to watch the next episode tonight in hopes it starts to make sense but it is not clear if they are playing themselves or enhanced versions of themselves or what is happening. I wish Luke Perry was alive to be a part of it.

90210 by Mikel Roberts/Sygma

As seen in Good Housekeeping:

“Wow! Way to disappoint all your fans! #90210 whose bright idea was it having the actors NOT play their character?!” –@joannazaneta
“Dear @FOXTV, You really messed up this 90210 reboot. Nobody cares about their real lives. We can google that.” – @lanier_RN
“This 90210 reboot format is terrible! What a horrendous concept. I’m 6 minutes in, and already want to turn it off. What a major letdown!” – @squire31

Lisa Niver, Jina Michaels and Amy Ramskill at Shutters on the Beach

Tori Spelling says her dad would be proud: “Tori Spelling and Jennie Garth are confident that Beverly Hills, 90210 producer — and Tori’s dad — Aaron Spelling would approve of the quasi-revival, BH90210. Spelling says: “I think he would be super proud. First of all, he’d be really proud that Jennie and I did this, that we went on this journey and it was no easy journey. It took us two years to get this whole thing put together. But I think he would get it. I feel really confident that we have created something groundbreaking and that’s what he loved to do and he loved storytelling and entertaining and that’s what we do.”

Thank you 90210, FOX and She Media

After the premier, fans took to Twitter and said:

“This 90210 show is one of the most confusing things I’ve ever watched.” – @tomkeels
“Raise your hand if you would rather have watched re-runs of 90210 instead of the confusing mess that was aired tonight

TODAY.com: Ready for a SuperHero Summer? Capes Included

Thank you to TODAY.com Parenting Team for publishing my article:
“Ready for a SuperHero Summer? Capes Included”

Does your family wish for super skills?

Would you like to go to Superhero Academy?

I grew up watching Six Million Dollar Man and Bionic Woman. I always wanted special powers. If only I had Wonder Woman’s lasso of truth or Superman’s cape to fly away from danger, my life would have been so different.

This summer I stayed at Fairmont Scottsdale Princess and received a cape! I wore it on my hike two miles nearly straight up at McDowell Sonoran Conservancy to Tom’s Thumb and also while kayaking at Lower Salt River. If you want to feel smarter than any superhero go to ItsThatHot.com and find a luxury hotel room for 50 to 70% off! You will need to plan your day to beat the heat by doing your active adventures early in the morning and enjoying the phenomenal spa and many pools in the afternoon.

Lisa and Jen hiking with our Super Hero Capes at Tom’s Thumb

If your little superheros want their own capes, take a summer journey and enjoy these activities only for kids:

Kids’ Check-In: From Sidekick to Superhero

Calling all superheroes, caped crusaders and masked marvels! Children will transform from sidekick to superhero in a flash with a special cape and mask they all receive upon check-in. Their mission: to decode the Superhero secret message assigned upon arrival. Capture the moment in a Superman-inspired phone booth photo booth, and say hello to our furry and friendly cape-wearing Canine Ambassadors.

Superhero Training Academy

Unleash your very own special powers! Create superhero belts and cuffs before you take on tests of strength, speed, endurance and character. Discover your unique powers special just to you. Upon Academy completion, participants will become a certified superhero themselves, complete with their own superhero name, origin story and diploma!

Superhero Zip Line Flight School

Fly through the sky at the Superhero Flight School with thrilling zip line rides through the resort’s scenic lagoon. Weekend Zip line rides are complimentary for in-house guests throughout the summer.

Where the Wild Things Are

It’s time for some outdoor fun! Say hello to Bobcat Billy in the lobby and then head to the Lagoon Lawn for all ages catch and release fishing derbies. Afterward, join the expert handlers of Sonoran Desert Falconry and learn about our resident hawks and falcons. Then discover the surrounding wildlife on a complimentary resort tour led by nature enthusiast, Ranger Rick. And make sure to stop by our new home for our resident turtle, Cecil.

Superhero FUN Squad

Join the FUN squad at Sonoran Splash pool for high energy, family friendly games, trivia and music with fun prizes!

Mermaid Story Time at Fairmont Scottsdale Princess.
Photographed by Jill Richards

Mermaid University

Become a real life mermaid! Our resident mermaid, Moon, hosts 90-minute experiences at Sunset Beach that include your very own Monofin Mermaid Tail, goggles, Mermaid University diploma with chosen mermaid name and tail tutorial.

Celebrating Real Life Superheroes

People of all ages need superheroes! They overcome adversity, they never give up, and they inspire others to join them in their cause for greatness. Join us as we celebrate our real-life superheroes all summer long.

GLO Party at Fairmont Scottsdale Princess by Michael Baxter, Baxter Imaging LLC

Superhero Federation Aqua Light Fest

After dark, the night comes alive on our two 200-foot water slides at Sonoran Splash pool with lasers, fog, colorful strobe lights, LED hula hoops and techno beats by DJ Super Splash! Join the Superhero Federation Aqua Light Fest pool party and boost your powers at the super foam charging station or show off your speed with our faster-than-light challenge game.

Epic Dive-in Movies

Enjoy family favorite superhero movies on our inflatable screen while floating in the pool at Sunset Beach and keep your superhero energy up with cart side bites.

I loved my stay in Scottsdale, Arizona this summer and hope you bring your capes home to continue your superhero adventures all year long.

Lisa and Ben as super heros kayaking Salt River

 

Thank you to TODAY.com Parenting Team for publishing my article:
“Ready for a SuperHero Summer? Capes Included”

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August 12: Cocktails and Conversation with Nicole Dennis-Benn

Join Ms. for Cocktails and Conversation with Nicole Dennis-Benn!

Join us for the Summer 2019 meeting of #MsBookClub, featuring Lamba Literary Award-winning author Nicole Dennis-Benn and Ms. Managing Digital Editor Carmen Rios in conversation with attendees about her new novel PATSY. The event will feature a reception with custom cocktails, a reading by the author and a book signing.

Join us on August 12, 2019

6 PM: Doors Open + Reception Begins

7 PM: Q&A Begins

8:30 PM: Book Signing Begins

…at the Ms. Offices

433 S Beverly Drive

Los Angeles, CA

FREE for Lifetime Members | $10 for Ms. Members | $20 for Non-Members

Non-member tickets include admission to the reception and book signing and a one-year membership to Ms.—including print and digital access to the magazine and discounted access to future Ms. events.

About Nicole

Nicole Dennis-Benn is the author of the novel PATSY and her debut novel, HERE COMES THE SUN. Dennis-Benn is a Lambda Literary Award winner and a recipient of the New York Foundation for the Arts Artist Grant and has previously taught in the writing programs at Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania, NYU, Sarah Lawrence College and City College; and has been awarded fellowships from MacDowell Colony, Hedgebrook, Lambda, Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, Hurston/Wright, and Sewanee Writers’ Conference. She was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica. She holds a Master of Public Health from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and an MFA in Creative Writing from Sarah Lawrence College and lives with her wife in Brooklyn, New York.

About the Book

Nicole Dennis-Benn’s PATSY follows two characters: Patsy, who immigrates to the United States for opportunity and to join the woman she loves, and Tru, the child Patsy leaves behind in Jamaica who is mourning the absence of her mother, as well as reckoning with how her community misgenders her.

“Because I am a queer woman, sometimes other queer people ask me if it’s safe to visit Jamaica,” author Alexia Arthurs wrote in her review of the book for Ms. “To many, Jamaica appears to be one of the most homophobic places on Earth, but every place is more than the headlines we’ve read or what we’ve been told. PATSY reminds us of this.”

Nicole will be signing books on-site.  Click here to purchase the book and part of your purchase will support Ms.!

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LA Press Club Screening: This Changes Everything by Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media

The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media is a partner in the new documentary: “This Changes Everything,” about how everything has not changed.  “It paints an impressively full picture of how Hollywood’s gender imbalance is sustained and also how it reverberates throughout the culture.”

“This Changes Everything:” Screening and Panel at LA Press Club. Photo by Curtis Sabir

Thank you to the Los Angeles Press Club for the screening and panel discussion.

This Changes Everything PROGRAM from Los Angeles Press Club on Vimeo.

“The new documentary film, This Changes Everything, about the struggles women face in the film industry, is the subject of a great panel discussion. Panelists include: Geena Davis, Catherine Hardwicke, Kimberly Peirce and the film’s director Tom Donahue. Moderated by Devra Maza.”

LA Press Club event: Screening “This Changes Everything” Photo by Curtis Sabir
More from THE GEENA DAVIS INSTITUTE ON GENDER and MEDIA:

If women and girls don’t see themselves on screen as STEM professionals, they’re less likely to pursue those career paths.”-Geena Davis

In the U.S., only 24% of professionals in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) are women. Increasing media depictions of women in STEM encourages more girls and women to pursue STEM jobs in the real world. You hold the key to inspiring future visionaries and innovators.

Seejane.org If She Can See It, She Can Be It

 

 

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MAJOR FINDINGS

The purpose of this study is to establish benchmark measures for the percentage of protagonists who are women, people of color, LGBTQIA, and people with disabilities in family films, so that we can quantify progress over time.

Male leads outnumber female leads

TWO-TO-ONE

although this has improved slightly in the last decade






Family films with female leads closed the gap in domestic box office revenue over the past decade and now earn more than family films with male leads






When it comes to race, white leads outnumber leads of color

FOUR-TO-ONE






Box office revenue for family films with leads of color and racially diverse co-leading casts have caught up with and surpassed family films with white leads






FEWER THAN 1%

of family films feature a LGBTQIA lead, and we have seen no progress in the past decade






FEWER THAN 1%

of family films feature a lead with a disability, and this has not improved in the past decade

WOMEN LEADS

Women constitute 51% of the U.S. population,but most family films tell the stories of men’s lives:

Male leads vastly outnumber female leads—71.3% compared to 28.8%. This means that men’s stories were featured twice as often as women’s stories.
Female leads are the least represented in the action (9.4%), adventure (23.6%), and comedy (28.7%) genres. However, women are equitably represented in horror (55.9%) and romance (46.3%) films.
We see fluctuations in women’s representation from 2007 to 2017, but the trend is upward, meaning that more women were cast in leading roles by the end of the decade than the start of the decade. In 2007, 23.8% of leads were women compared to 30.1% in 2017, with a high of 33.3% in 2016 (Chart 1).

Previous studies find that women represent half of the film-going population, and that gender diversity on screen translates into higher revenues at the box office. We find that the gender diversity bonus at the box office is a relatively recent phenomenon:

The amount of money female-led films make has increased over the last decade. In 2007, female-led films grossed an average of $44.3 million, and in 2017, they grossed an average of $80.1 million (Chart 2).
Family films with female leads caught up with and surpassed films with male leads in the past decade. A decade ago, family films with male leads earned significantly more revenue than films with female leads, but this reversed by 2016 when female leads grossed $94.3 million compared to $88.0 million for male leads. In 2017, female leads surpassed male leads again— $80.1 million compared to $78.4 million.

We recommend the following actions to move the needle on lead representations:

• Diversify hiring in film production. Diversity in writing rooms and throughout the creative process translates into more diversity on the screen, so the problem with representation starts with inequitable hiring decisions. Hiring practices in the film industry have seen no improvement in the last two decades. Studios must truly commit to anti-discrimination in their hiring practices, and set goals to diversify their workforce.

• Commit distribution and marketing resources equally. Another foundational problem with representation on the screen is that films directed by women do not receive the same distribution and marketing resources as films directed by men. Despite this, films written, directed, or starring women enjoy a greater average return on investment. Studios must commit to making more family films about the lives of women, people of color, LGBTQIA individuals, and people with disabilities, and ensure that these films reach the widest audience possible by equitably promoting them.

• Tell stories that reflect the real world. Studios could make the representations in family films equitable overnight by making sure that the worlds they are re-creating in family films look like the real world in terms of whose stories are told. Is it especially important to have diversity with leading characters since plotlines and narratives revolve around their stories.

Women in STEM

 

RECOMMENDATIONS

Based on previous research coupled with our findings, we propose the following interventions to increase the participation of girls and women in STEM majors and careers:

Improve media representations of STEM characters when it comes to gender and race. This study demonstrates that media is influential in shaping attitudes toward STEM, but content producers continue to disproportionately represent STEM characters as white men, especially leading characters. Special attention should be paid to increase the representation of women and people of color as STEM characters, and to improve the ways women STEM characters are portrayed.
Cultivate girls’ interest in math and science from an early age through media role models, parents, educators, and mentors. Having supportive mentors, teachers, friends, and family members improves girls’ interest in and intention to pursue STEM.
Implement early childhood interventions to combat stereotypes about science as a pursuit for men, and cultural misperceptions that girls and women have a lower aptitude for STEM.
Retain women in STEM through equitable hiring, pay, and promotion practices, and by addressing workplace bias (gender discrimination and sexual harassment) as well as implementing flexible work-family policies.

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Wharton Magazine: 4 Women Founders Share Their Origin Stories

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Thank you KTLA and Los Angeles Press Club! Awards 2019

Congratulation to all of the KTLA Finalists for the Southern California Journalism Awards! I am so honored to be nominated!

I10. LIFESTYLE FEATURE

Lisa Niver, KTLA, “Money Smart: Ogden Ski Getaway Giveaway Package”

Learn more about my KTLA segments in this article: “Who is a KTLA TV finalist for the SoCal Journalism Awards?”

Lisa Niver at Los Angeles Press Club Awards 2019, Photo by Liz H. Kelly

KTLA FINALISTS

A3. TELEVISION JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR

Courtney Friel, KTLA

A7. SPORTS JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR

David Pingalore, KTLA

A8. PHOTOJOURNALIST/VIDEOGRAPHER

Phil Ige, KTLA 5 News

I1. REGULARLY SCHEDULED NEWSCAST

KTLA 5 News at 10pm Team, KTLA, “KTLA 5 NEWS AT 10”

I2. ANCHOR/HOST

Cher Calvin and Micah Ohlman, KTLA, “KTLA 5 News at 10”

I4 BREAKING NEWS

Steve Kuzj, KTLA 5 News, “Racing to Find Survivors: The Deadly Montecito Mudslide”

I7. NEWS FEATURE, under 5 minutes

Kacey Montoya and Paul Sanchez, KTLA, “Inmates, Shelter Dogs Seek Mutual Rehabilitation”

I9. HUMAN INTEREST FEATURE, under 5 minutes

Dave Mecham and Paul Sanchez, KTLA, “Construction on Kagel Canyon Home Leads to ‘Nuts’ Discovery Hidden in the Walls”

I10. LIFESTYLE FEATURE

Lisa Niver, KTLA, “Money Smart: Ogden Ski Getaway Giveaway Package”

I13. NON-ENTERTAINMENT PERSONALITY PROFILE/INTERVIEW

Courtney Friel, KTLA 5 News, “7 year old girl stuns with National Anthem”

I14. SPORTS

Courtney Friel, KTLA 5 News, “Blind Baseball Team”

K25. WEBSITE, TRADITIONAL NEWS ORGANIZATION

KTLA Digital Team, KTLA 5 News, KTLA.com

 

KTLA 5 with Henry Winkler at 2019 Press Club Awards
Lisa Niver at Los Angeles Press Club Awards Red Carpet 2019
Cher Calvin and Lisa Niver on the red carpet at the Southern California Journalism Awards 2019
Liz H. Kelly, Lisa Niver and Susan Bejeckian at LA Press Club Awards 2019
Lisa Niver and Chris Palmeri
At the Los Angeles Biltmore
Lisa and BJ, The Hollywood Moment

With Jim Hill
With Anson Williams: Potsie from Happy Days!
Lisa Niver and Diana Ljungaeus
With Henry Winkler!! The FONZ
Lisa & Louie: Team KTLA

Steve Burrows WINS 1st place “Bleed Out” HBO
Lisa Niver is a finalist for broadcast TV on KTLA
KTLA table at 2019 Press Club Awards
KTLA table at 2019 Press Club Awards with Steve Burrows

Cher Calvin wins!
Lisa Niver and Cher Calvin

Team KTLA

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