Newsroom on notice

"It put the whole newsroom on notice," said Kay Mills of the women who filed suits against the New York Times, Associated Press and Washington Post to open up opportunities to women.

JAWdesses are reflecting on how they "stand on the shoulders" of these pioneering reporters and editors. I am still learning how I stand on the shoulders of such courage. It will be interesting 25 years from now to see how women pioneered through this time, of social media exploding and print outlets imploding. So many of the women here are keeping the truthtelling alive from Teresa Puente's blog sharing the voices of Latina women to Lynn Sweet blogging and tweeting on the Obamas.