Who We AreWomen's Media Group is a New York City-based nonprofit association of women who have achieved prominence in the many fields of media. Our members—drawn primarily from print and digital book, magazine, and newspaper publishing; film and television; and online and other digital media—meet to collaborate with, learn from, inform, and support one another. The organization is also dedicated to mentoring young women interested in pursuing media careers. |
Upcoming Events
Tuesday, July 14, 5-6 p.m. ET WMG members only; FREE (Zoom) Jan Yager invites fellow WMG members to this Zoom event for a chance to reconnect with those you know and/or meet new friends. This intimate online gathering will give everyone sufficient time to share their interests, recommendations, and current projects. It's a perfect opportunity for WMG members near and far!
WMG’s Small Group Socials are a long-standing tradition and remain one of our most popular program series. This is a wonderful way to facilitate meaningful connections among members. If you have any specific questions, please reach out to the host directly. All member contact information can be found in the Member Directory.
WMG members only; FREE (Virtual) Are you unemployed, underemployed, or just thinking about a career change? Convene with WMG member Betsy Loredo and other job seekers in this weekly, informal online meetup. It’s a supportive space to share job-seeking ups and downs, pass along tips, and network with friendly peers who might have contacts to opportunities. On alternative weeks, we'll use the hour to work on resumes, applications, and other job search actions together–making it feel less overwhelming and more supportive.
Wednesday, July 15, 12 p.m. ET Beast & Butterflies (2nd floor of the M Social Hotel), 226 W. 52nd Street, NYC WMG members only; FREE (attendees pay for their own food and beverages) Join WMG President Emerita Kathy Sandler for a thoughtful, engaging lunch focused on building connections that don’t just last—but elevate! Hosted at the quirky Beast & Butterflies overlooking Times Square, this Social is guaranteed to build allies to help you achieve your goals. Please bring cash (preferred) or be prepared to Venmo to cover your portion of the bill.
WMG’s Small Group Socials are a long-standing tradition and remain one of our most popular program series. This is a wonderful way to facilitate meaningful connections among members. If you have any specific questions, please reach out to the host directly. All member contact information can be found in the Member Directory.
WMG members only; FREE (Virtual) Are you unemployed, underemployed, or just thinking about a career change? Convene with WMG member Betsy Loredo and other job seekers in this weekly, informal online meetup. It’s a supportive space to share job-seeking ups and downs, pass along tips, and network with friendly peers who might have contacts to opportunities. On alternative weeks, we'll use the hour to work on resumes, applications, and other job search actions together–making it feel less overwhelming and more supportive.
Thursday, July 23, 5 p.m. ET Pushkin Industries, 45 W. 21st Street, NYC WMG members only; FREE Join WMG member Nicole Op Den Bosch for a casual conversation about the intersection of podcasts and audiobooks. Whether you work in audio, produce content, or are curious about these spaces, we will discuss what happens when shows become books—and what opportunities exist in-between. Wine and light snacks will be provided.
WMG’s Small Group Socials are a long-standing tradition and remain one of our most popular program series. This is a wonderful way to facilitate meaningful connections among members. If you have any specific questions, please reach out to the host directly. All member contact information can be found in the Member Directory.
Saturday, July 25, 11:02 a.m. ET LIRR Long Beach Train Station, Long Beach WMG members only; FREE (attendees pay for their own train fare, $15 beach entry, and food and beverages) Let's enjoy the sunshine, books, and each other’s company this summer with a beach day at Long Beach, Long Island! Attendees will join WMG Membership Co-Chair Jodie Cohen just a short train ride from the city for a day of tanning, swimming, and ice cream at Marvel on the boardwalk. We recommend you bring a towel, sunscreen, picnic lunch, and your favorite summer book. Getting there from Manhattan: the Long Island Rail Road offers a 10:06 a.m. departure direct from Penn Station to Long Beach. You can also catch the 9:54 a.m. from Grand Central that includes a transfer at Jamaica. The cost is $22.50 roundtrip. Getting there from Brooklyn: there is a 9:44 a.m. train from Atlantic Terminal with a transfer at Jamaica to the 10:28 a.m. train (the one that’s direct from NYC). The cost is $22.50 roundtrip. Getting there from Queens: catch the 10:28 a.m. train from Jamaica. The cost is $16.00 roundtrip.
WMG’s Small Group Socials are a long-standing tradition and remain one of our most popular program series. This is a wonderful way to facilitate meaningful connections among members. If you have any specific questions, please reach out to the host directly. All member contact information can be found in the Member Directory.
WMG members only; FREE (Virtual) Are you unemployed, underemployed, or just thinking about a career change? Convene with WMG member Betsy Loredo and other job seekers in this weekly, informal online meetup. It’s a supportive space to share job-seeking ups and downs, pass along tips, and network with friendly peers who might have contacts to opportunities. On alternative weeks, we'll use the hour to work on resumes, applications, and other job search actions together–making it feel less overwhelming and more supportive.
Friday, July 31, 6-8 p.m. ET Studio Museum of Harlem, 144 W. 125th Street, NYC WMG members only; WMG members only; purchase tickets on your own using the link below Join WMG Programming Co-Chair Yona Deshommes at the Studio Museum of Harlem’s next edition of Uptown Fridays! Bring your dancing shoes and be ready to enjoy the work of visual artist A Space for Sound (Rena Anakwe) on the Rooftop Terrace, followed by performances from songstress keiyaA and rapper SALIMATA. Uptown Fridays attendees will have exclusive access to the Museum’s fifth and sixth floors and receive one free signature cocktail or mocktail. Guests need to buy their own tickets in advance. Tickets cost $20 and can be purchased here.
WMG’s Small Group Socials are a long-standing tradition and remain one of our most popular program series. This is a wonderful way to facilitate meaningful connections among members. If you have any specific questions, please reach out to the host directly. All member contact information can be found in the Member Directory.
Wednesday, August 19, 5:15 p.m. ET New York Society Library, 53 E. 79th Street, NYC WMG members only; FREE For more than a quarter of a millennium, the New York Society Library has played a pivotal role in the book life of New York City. Founded in 1754, this library is the oldest cultural institution in New York City and served as the nation's first Library of Congress. Among its members have been George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Willa Cather, and Stacey Schiff. The current Director and Chief Librarian is Carolyn Waters. The Library remains a private nonprofit organization today, but Women's Media Group President Emerita Jennifer A. Perry has arranged a special WMG members-only happy hour, where attendees will enjoy a presentation tailored to our group about the library's history, collections, and membership options. Then, we will join the wider audience for tours of the 1917 Italian Renaissance building.
WMG’s Small Group Socials are a long-standing tradition and remain one of our most popular program series. This is a wonderful way to facilitate meaningful connections among members. If you have any specific questions, please reach out to the host directly. All member contact information can be found in the Member Directory.
Wednesday, August 5, 12:30-1:30 p.m. ET Free for WMG members; $15 for non-members (Zoom) Join this event to learn how to improve your LinkedIn profile and position yourself for new career opportunities. Lynne Williams, Executive Director of the Great Careers Network, will share practical tips for strengthening your personal brand and optimizing your profile. Lynne will cover:
Meet the speaker:
Refunds available up to 48 hours before the event. No refunds for cancellations made within 48 hours of the event.
Wednesday, September 16, 5:30-7:30 p.m. ET Penguin Random House, 1745 Broadway (between 55th & 56th Streets), Cerf-Lane Room, NYC $20 for WMG members and partner organizations; $25 for non-members; $10 for active Scholars Some books don't need a rewrite. They need a different shelf. Many successful literary projects began as something else entirely: a memoir became narrative nonfiction, a magazine article turned into a biography, or an adult novel found its audience as young adult fiction. Sometimes the fastest path to publication is rethinking where your story belongs. In this conversation, editors Lee Oglesby and Kristine Puopolo, agent Kiele Raymond, and authors Katie Gee Salisbury, Stacy Kim, and Amy Klein will discuss how their own genre shifts happened, what prompted agents and editors to suggest them, and how writers can recognize when a different category may unlock their manuscript's potential. It’s moderated by Susan Shapiro, the bestselling author of 18 books in eight different genres, several that started out something else. Meet the speakers:
Meet the moderator:
Refunds available up to 48 hours before the event. No refunds for cancellations made within 48 hours of the event. | Member DiscountsRecent Event Recordings |
Wednesday, July 15, 10-11 a.m. ET
Lynne Williams is the Executive Director of the Great Careers Network, which provides development and networking for career transitions and management. 
Katie Gee Salisbury is the author of Not Your China Doll, a biography of Anna May Wong, Hollywood’s first Asian American movie star. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Vanity Fair, The Believer, the Asian American Writers' Workshop, and elsewhere. She was a finalist for the Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship in 2021 and gave the TED Talk “As American as Chop Suey.” She also writes the Substack Half-Caste Woman. A fifth-generation Chinese American who hails from Southern California, Katie now lives in Brooklyn.
Stacy S. Kim, Ph.D. is a social scientist, writer, and coach who helps caring high-achievers untangle the internal knots that keep them stuck—the tension between ambition and caregiving, perfectionism and resentment, status and self-doubt. Stacy founded her coaching practice, Life Junctions®, in 2008. Since then, she’s worked with hundreds of smart, caring women who didn’t need conventional advice, makeovers, or yet another plan; they needed a fresh perspective on the knots and curated action steps to move forward. From those early coaching conversations, The Untangling Practice™ was born: an evidence-based four-phase framework to help women move forward with focus, confidence, and ease. It’s now the foundation of her courses, keynotes, and forthcoming book from Hachette.
Amy Klein 
Lee Oglesby is a freelance editor who works closely with authors to nurture books that have the power to shape lives and communities. She is interested in science, the environment, food and agriculture, health and wellbeing, and transformational justice. She believes all stories should be told with a deep level of literacy around race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and disability. Lee was previously a Senior Editor with Flatiron Books, and has worked at Milkweed Editions, Oxford University Press, and some of New York City’s most respected literary agencies. She is a graduate of Amherst College and the Columbia Publishing Course.
Susan Shapiro is the bestselling author/coauthor of books her family hates, like The Bosnia List, Lighting Up, and Five Men Who Broke My Heart (from PRH), which was recently optioned for a movie. She writes for The New York Times, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, Slate, Salon, Newsweek, The Cut, Wired, Oprah Daily, and The New Yorker. She lives with her husband in Greenwich Village and has taught writing at NYU, The New School, and Columbia University’s MFA program, using her practical guides, Byline Bible and Book Bible, to help students of all ages publish. Follow Susan on Instagram