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title: "2 Women Journalists Quotes By Ann Friedman"
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> [If editors truly want to improve their byline ratio, they need to stop lamenting the fact that few women journalists send them cold pitches and start taking a hard look at their stable of regular contributors. How many women are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-friedman/if-editors-truly-want-to-improve-their-byline-ratio-they-need-to-stop/)

[Ann Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-friedman/)

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> [I'm looking for a balance of reported and essayistic work by up-and-coming women journalists. Often that means combing online-only sources or alt weeklies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-friedman/i-m-looking-for-a-balance-of-reported-and-essayistic-work-by-up-and/)

[Ann Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-friedman/)

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## More by Ann Friedman

> [Someone said to me that we have to encourage more young women to want top-level editing jobs. I think that will happen naturally as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-friedman/someone-said-to-me-that-we-have-to-encourage-more-young-women-to-want/)

[Ann Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-friedman/)

> [I don't have to work extra hard, but that's because there are a lot of women in my professional network and I have hired…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-friedman/i-don-t-have-to-work-extra-hard-but-that-s-because-there-are-a-lot-of/)

[Ann Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-friedman/)

> [If editors truly want to improve their byline ratio, they need to stop lamenting the fact that few women journalists send them cold pitches…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-friedman/if-editors-truly-want-to-improve-their-byline-ratio-they-need-to-stop/)

[Ann Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-friedman/)

> [I'm interested in pitches that have compelling people and ideas at the core - and a good news peg certainly doesn't hurt. We look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-friedman/i-m-interested-in-pitches-that-have-compelling-people-and-ideas-at/)

[Ann Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-friedman/)

> [I'm looking for a balance of reported and essayistic work by up-and-coming women journalists. Often that means combing online-only sources or alt weeklies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-friedman/i-m-looking-for-a-balance-of-reported-and-essayistic-work-by-up-and/)

[Ann Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-friedman/)

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