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This week in our WiCipedia roundup: How trans people in tech are faring; the best places for women to work; "tech-bro gender-blindness"; and more. Last week we celebrated Trans Day of Visibility, so there's no better time to examine the role of trans people in tech than now. In many ways, the LGBTQ community has it best in tech, overall an accepting and liberal industry. Yet ABC News explains that there's still a long way to go in making sure that tech companies' trans employees' safety and comfort needs are met, especially with a post-pandemic return to in-person offices. Support groups and...

Hello there! I’m Kat Marusiak, and I’ve had the honour of working as an editor at your student newspaper for even longer than I ever imagined when I first started. This was partially due to COVID-19 course cancellations resulting in my having to stay a bit longer before graduation, but it’s something I will always consider to be a silver lining. As a biology major, I joined the paper more because of my penchant for perfection (partially a side effect of my OCD, but I’ve always tried to put it to good use) than any desire to get into journalism. The part-time job seemed like a good fit...

This week in our WiCipedia roundup: Melinda Gates takes DC universities by storm; what the Bumble IPO means for women in tech; International Women's Day celebrates all women; and more. An anonymous survey from Blind, a company that surveys people in tech, has found that salary negotiating isn't always a comfortable topic for women (surprise, surprise). Dice explains that the survey broke down the findings by tech company, and found that the results were wildly different based on the company. For example, at PayPal, 65% of women stated "I always negotiate but it is uncomfortable," while at Lyf...

This week in our WiC roundup: Amazon fails minority employees; BT works with Code First Girls to provide upskill courses; pandemic creates founder boom; and more.

Liberia: Kenneth Best on the Daily Observer Newspaper and Its 40-Year Journey Liberia: Kenneth Best on the Daily Observer Newspaper and Its 40-Year Journey Share The first thing I would like to do in this brief statement on the 40-year History of Liberia’s Daily ObserverNewspaper is to give thanks to Almighty God for giving Mae Gene and me, in January 1977, as we were coming to the close of our careers in Nairobi, Kenya, the idea of returning home to start Liberia’s first independent daily newspaper. I remember vividly when we first started dating in 1970 that we conceived the idea of pu...