Life and death as a female editor

theguardien…..After the departures of Jill Abramson from the New York Times and Natalie Nougayrède from Le Monde, Amanda Wilson – the only woman to lead the Sydney Morning Herald in its 180-year history – outlines the perils of editing while female

Getting to the top, becoming the first female leader of a venerable news media institution, does not come with any soft landings. You have to be game to take it on, for all the personal flak that will come your way. And no one ever has to tell you to lean in, because there’s no other way to do it. More