Katherine Lewis blogs about women,family and work issues and gives resources and support for moms in need. Women’s issues survey data presented, along with first-hand corporate mom accounts.Access to citizen comments.http://workingmoms.about.com/
Topic: Should the Obama administration work to eliminate pay inequality?
Category:Citizen/blog
Title: “Working Mom’s Blog”
Publication Information: About.com,owned by the New York Times Company since 2005.Top 15 content site, and one of the largest producers of original content on the web.The site boast helpful experts that “will speak your language” and has won a Publishing Standard of Excellence Award.
Author: Katherine Lewis,a mom and 14 year journalist, who also has a personal freelance site and writes for the New York Times.
Location: http://workingmoms.about.com
Accessed:11am,February 23,2009
Support:Pew Research Survey results for several topics such as “Working Mom Guilt” where only ten percent of mothers give themselves a high rating for parenting.The surveys are conducted by the Pew Charitable Trust in Washington,DC with a mission being to tally peoples attitudes about public issues. For the topic of flexible work options, Sara Lee CEO Brenda Barnes offers her insight on “Career Breaks.”
Source Analysis:About.com is offering reliable experts advice/opinions and citizen interaction on thousands of topics.It is funded by the New York Times Co. and touted as a top 15 content site on the web.About.com metrics state that 60 million people worldwide visit the site each month.
Usefulness:The links to resources Mrs.Lewis provides are helpful in understanding the pressures a working mom faces, the psychology behind women placing all of the load on themselves, and helpful every day tips.The citizen feedback is also interesting,because there are all walks of people responding to current women’s issues, and some of these comments lead to more experts.
Works Cited: about.com
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