Corinna Barnard, Author at Women's eNews

Corinna Barnard

Corinna Barnard has been a journalist for more than 30 years. Her background spans finance, arms control, medicine, technology and parenting. In her most recent position, before joining Women's eNews in 2003, she worked for Dow Jones, Inc., where for several years she served as news editor for an international newswire covering emerging markets and later as a copy editor for The Wall Street Journal. Earlier in her career, Corinna was a radio commentator for “In The Public Interest,” a national public-affairs radio program. She graduated from Yale University in 1980 with a degree in English literature.

Weiner Case Shows Sex, Lies and Power Gap

By Corinna Barnard ● Arts & Culture ● June 10, 2011

Don't assume women are morally superior because we aren't getting mired in sex scandals so often. A recent survey of professional people finds that adultery rises with rank. It could be women simply have less opportunity to fall from public grace.

AIDS at 30 Holds Special Peril for Under-30s

By Corinna Barnard ● Commentary ● June 3, 2011

AIDS will cross a 30-year mark in the United States tomorrow with the CDC warning against any false sense of safety. Its director says most infections are among those under 30, “who may not fully understand the health threat.”

NYC Juror Questions Handling of Rape Evidence

By Rita Henley Jensen & Corinna Barnard ● Crime & Law ● June 1, 2011

Melinda Hernandez, a juror for the New York City trial of two police officers acquitted last week of rape charges, is anguished over the not-guilty verdict. But in this exclusive interview she says the evidence left no other choice.

Hochul Win Sends Hands-Off-Medicare Message

By Corinna Barnard ● Employment ● May 28, 2011

Medicare-preservationist Kathy Hochul just won a starring role in budget affairs with her upset victory in western New York. But inside the Beltway, not a single woman is on the White House's special team of budget dealmakers.

Sex Snares Banker, Governor, Priest, ‘Housewife'

By Corinna Barnard ● Arts & Culture ● May 20, 2011

A now-former IMF banker, a former governor and former reality-TV star made it a huge week for sex crimes and scandal. Catholic bishops tried to distance themselves from it all by deflecting blame to the permissive culture of the 1960s.

Microcredit Skeptics Deserve a Turn in the Limelight

By Corinna Barnard ● Employment ● May 13, 2011

Bad news came this week for shareholders of India's largest microlender. That offers a chance to tout two writers who always said high interest rates-of 20 percent and higher-were never the best news for the world's poorest female borrowers.

Bin Laden Death Raises Cautious Questions in Kabul

By Corinna Barnard ● Politics ● May 7, 2011

Bin Laden's death changed little for girls and women in Afghanistan, a rights worker wrote from Kabul this week. Her words echoed the country's last-place motherhood ranking this week, which also brought sobering U.S. news.

Money Storms Blow Warren, Sanders Onto Daily Show

By Corinna Barnard ● Employment ● April 29, 2011

Federal budget uproars spread into the states this week alongside the slew of actual tornadoes. Elizabeth Warren, champion of a consumer watchdog agency for Wall Street, and Sen. Bernie Sanders, took up stands on “The Daily Show.”

Logan Attack Doesn't Brand the Entire Middle East

By Corinna Barnard ● Commentary ● February 17, 2011

A ghastly sex assault in Cairo should not boil down to the idea that the “Middle East remains dangerous for women,” writes WeNews editor Corinna Barnard. Women everywhere face sex-assault danger and reporters run constant risk.

Wiki Cables Give Women the Reindeer Treatment

By Corinna Barnard ● Politics ● December 10, 2010

Women are off the U.S. diplomatic map. A look at 200 WikiLeaks cables finds no mention of our rights or struggles, says Corinna Barnard, and a recent check of the State Department's Council on Women and Girls site found a top story about romping reindeer.

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