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AWFJ Members Score Achievements in 2015, and moves to level the playing field – Brandy McDonnell comments

January 11, 2016March 22, 2016 Brandy McDonnell 0 Comments b ruby rich, carol cling, govindini murty, jennifer merin. martha baker, karen martin, maitland mcdonagh, sandra olmstead, susan granger, the week in women, thelma adams

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Alliance of Women Film Journalists members celebrateD big achievements in 2015 – if only there were more women film critics to celebrate. The ongoing discussion about the need to level the playing ground for women working in Hollywood is expanding to include women filmmakers working in the documentary arena, and women who are working in film criticism. Looking ahead to 2016, the struggle continues for equality for women and for people of color in the film industry. The debate is actually heating up. Read more in THE WEEK IN WOMEN

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Brandy McDonnell

Brandy McDonnell writes features and reviews movies, music, events and the arts for The Oklahoman, Oklahoma's statewide newspaper, and NewsOK.com, the state's largest news Web site. Raised on a farm near Lindsay, Okla., she started her journalism career in seventh grade, when she was elected reporter for her school's 4-H Club. Taking her duties seriously, she began submitting stories to The Lindsay News, and worked for the local weekly through high school. She attended Oklahoma State University, where she worked for The Daily O'Collegian and earned her journalism degree with honors. She worked for three years at small Oklahoma dailies The Edmond Sun and Shawnee News-Star. In 2002, she joined The Oklahoman as a features reporter, writing about movies, the arts, events, families and nonprofits. She moved to The Oklahoman's entertainment desk in 2007. In 2004, she won a prestigious Journalism Fellowship in Child & Family Policy from the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism. Along with her membership in AWFJ, she also is a founding member of the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle. Brandy writes The Week In Women blog for AWFJ.org.