I was slightly irked by a line in a local newspaper this week. The lead article was about two women who are supporting a charity, and it rated as news because they are both successful media stars.  However, the second paragraph placed them firmly in their traditional roles by describing them as “mothers”, an interesting side issue, but not at all relevant to the topic. I grizzled, thus: It was nice of you to point out that Jeanette Thomas and Trudi Nelson are “mothers”, even…Continue Reading “Keeping news reporting relevant”