The 19th* CEO Emily Ramshaw: 'This is serious journalism that's aimed at exposing disparities'
Reliable Sources
CNN
3.4 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 7 August 2020
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
The 19th* is a nonprofit news startup "at the intersection of gender, politics and policy." Co-founder and CEO Emily Ramshaw talks with Brian Stelter about this month's launch and plans for the future. Ramshaw discusses the media's glaring weaknesses when it comes to gender. In the 2020 election season, "we're seeing those same conversations over and over," she says. "We are not making strides. And so that's what inspired us to say, you know what? I just want to blow it all up and start over." She also talks about the news outlet's business model and the impacts of the pandemic.
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| 0:00.0 | It is one of the buzziest news industry startups in years and also one of the most important. |
| 0:10.0 | It is called the 19th. So what is the mission and what is the business model? |
| 0:16.0 | Those are some of the questions on this week's Reliable Sources Podcast. So let's cue the music. |
| 0:27.5 | I'm Brian Stelter and this weekly podcast edition of Reliable is our chance to go in depth with media leaders and newsmakers talking about how the news gets made. |
| 0:35.4 | And who makes it? |
| 0:37.3 | The 19th is, among other things, about gender equality, about trying to correct some of the imbalances that exist in national news coverage. |
| 0:47.0 | The website at 19th News.org is described as a non-profit, nonpartisan newsroom reporting on gender, politics, and |
| 0:58.0 | policy. |
| 1:00.1 | The website launched at the beginning of August and it is off to a raring start. |
| 1:04.8 | On Friday, August 14th, as part of the site's first virtual summit, CEO Emily Ramshaw will be interviewed by none other than Megan Markle. |
| 1:15.0 | And apparently this was Megan's idea. |
| 1:18.0 | Yes, the Duchess of Sussex wants to support, basically give her backing to the 19th, and so she will be |
| 1:26.6 | interviewing Ramshaw on a webcast. But first it is my turn to interview Emily |
| 1:32.4 | Ramshaw, the former editor-in-chief of the Texas Tribune, |
| 1:36.1 | now the CEO of this startup. |
| 1:37.8 | Emily, thanks so much for joining me. |
| 1:39.1 | Congratulations on the launch. |
| 1:40.9 | Thank you. |
| 1:41.4 | Thanks so much for having me. I have lots of questions about what this |
| 1:44.8 | week has been like and what next week will be like to be interviewed by Megan, but let's start with the |
| 1:50.1 | premise of the website of the startup. What problems is the 19th designed to solve? |
| 1:58.0 | Sure. I mean I think the primary problem that the 19th is designed to solve is the reality that women are not |
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