We are Women in Jazz Media are a team of women passionate about achieving a very clear goal: A equal, diverse, safe and healthy Jazz Industry. We are incredibly grateful for the support we receive and the very kind comments. We wanted to share with you some of the work we have been doing and also how you could support further, if you wanted to. First up, writers.

What we do

We actively seek out existing female writers and support and promote their work

We look for new female writers and offer support

Mentoring scheme for new writers

We work with our partner publications to create a diverse and gender balanced voice and ensure female writers have a place

We have created the Women in Jazz Media bookcase to share and promote female authors

We ask established writers to share their experiences and guidance through our podcast series and our ‘tips and guidance’ resource

We published our first entirely female led and managed magazine platforming women. 60% of the writers were female and 40% were male writers that we invited to contribute.

Since we started, we have increased the gender balance on three Jazz publications and one of those publications now has their first black female writer.

What you can do

Read, support and share the work of female writers

If you are interested in writing, get in touch!

If you are an experienced writer and would like to support new writers, consider applying to be one our mentors

If you are an experienced writer and would like to share some guidance, please get in touch.

If you know someone who you think would be great at writing, tell them, and get in touch!

If you see a publication that is not equal and diverse, let us know and we will try to work with that publication.