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EPISODE · Apr 15, 2026 · 27 MIN

Centering Women’s Voices: Francesca Donner On Media Bias, Storytelling & The Persistent

from The Visible Voices · host Resa E Lewiss

In this episode of the Visible Voices Podcast, Francesca Donner joins. She is the founder and editor of The Persistent — a women-run media company that’s covering women for a change.  The Persistent is a digital journalism platform centering women's voices and stories. Francesca's two-decade career spans GQ, Forbes, Quartz, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times, where she founded the gender vertical In Her Words. We discuss the persistent gap in how women's stories are told — and who tells them — why women are quoted as sources only 25% of the time, what it takes to leave a prestigious institution to build something new, and three micro skills for centering women's voices in your own life and work. If you enjoy the show subscribe on YouTube 📺 @resaelewissmd and forward to a friend today!

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