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Looking to speak to people with endometriosis and/or adenomyosis for a story looking at how media coverage of these diseases can help or hinder access to understanding, diagnosis, and care.

#JournoRequest @the-word.news

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Ireland vs Poland: World Cup qualifying double header preview - The Halfway Line This week Ireland and Poland will face each other home and away in crucial FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying matches.

๐ˆ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐: ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ก๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ

Ireland face Poland in Gdaล„sk tonight before the return tie in Dublin. The Halfway Line has everything you need to know pre match.
#COYGIG
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Who can qualify for the Women's World Cup in Brazil this month? - The Halfway Line The FIFA Women's World Cup is closer than you think and The Halfway Line is here to take a look at who could book their spot this month.

๐–๐ก๐จ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ซ๐š๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก? ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท

An international break packed with drama awaits with a huge amount on the line this month alone, read more below:

#WWC27
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Home - The Word April 2026: One-on-one with sports reporter Laura Howard on the ableism that still occurs when covering the Paralympics; an analysis of how the looming Title II rule might affect student news outlets;...

Did you check out the April edition of The Word yet?

Good news! It's fresh all month!

Check out the cover story by @bethmccowen.bsky.social on the inspiration porn in Paralympic coverage and a deep dive into how student media will be affected by Title II by @thewritestuff0.bsky.social.

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'๐ˆ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ'

Former Arsenal goalkeeper Maddison Millington-Stanbury opens up about her autism diagnosis in this meaningful exclusive interview with @roossch91.bsky.social ๐Ÿ’ญ

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Journalist: Paralympic news still focuses on disability over sports - The Word Sports reporter Laura Howard describes pushing back on the use of inspiration porn and centering disability over sports at the 2026 Paralympics

An important interview with @laurahoward.bsky.social on covering the Winter Paralympics, pushing back against inspiration porn, and ableism.

Proud to have written the cover story for The Wordโ€™s April edition โ˜บ๏ธ

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Journalist: Paralympic news still focuses on disability over sports - The Word Sports reporter Laura Howard describes pushing back on the use of inspiration porn and centering disability over sports at the 2026 Paralympics

April's cover story from @bethmccowen.bsky.social: a one-on-one with @laurahoward.bsky.social about covering the Paralympics, ableism, and inspiration porn.

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๐๐„๐– ๐„๐๐ˆ๐’๐Ž๐ƒ๐„ ๐Ž๐”๐“ ๐๐Ž๐–

Join @jamiespangher.bsky.social, @bethmccowen.bsky.social, and special guest @kieranyap.bsky.social to preview Saturday's huge AFC Women's Asian Cup final between host nation Australia and two-time champions Japan.

๐ŸŽง๐Ÿ Listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.

#Matildas #WAC2026

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๐๐„๐– ๐„๐๐ˆ๐’๐Ž๐ƒ๐„ ๐Ž๐”๐“ ๐๐Ž๐–

The Matildas prepare for a challenging Asian Cup quarter-final, England and the Republic of Ireland begin their World Cup qualification charges, and the new NWSL and League of Ireland seasons loom.

Listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts ๐ŸŽง๐Ÿ

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Katie Malone will 'cherish' memories of Palestine match 'forever' - The Halfway Line Katie Malone spoke to The Halfway Line about her goalscoring inspiration, making her injury comeback and solidarity with Palestine.

๐Š๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ '๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก' ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก '๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ'

๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธThe Bohemians number 10 talked all things her goalscoring inspiration, her injury comeback and solidarity with Palestine.

#COYGIG
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And @bethmccowen.bsky.social looked at a place offering help for journalists experiencing trauma from the work they do.

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Huge thanks to Luisa Ortiz Pรฉrez for talking to me about such an important project, and of course, to @stacykess.bsky.social and @equalaccesspublicmedia.org for helping to bring this story to the foreground.

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The Media Resilience Network offers confidential trauma resources to journalists. Their work is needed now more than ever.

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#JournoRequest @stacykess.bsky.social @equalaccesspublicmedia.org

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Ahead of next monthโ€™s Winter Paralympics, Iโ€™m working on an article about the way the media treats the Paralympic games - language, images, disability, ableism, disability porn... all of it.

Seeking sources to interview. If you or anyone you know could help, please reach out ๐Ÿ“ฉ

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April 9 marks inaugural Local News Day National day of action connects communities with trusted local news

New! Reporter @bethmccowen.bsky.social previews @localnewsday.bsky.social.

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Huge thanks to Lewes FCโ€™s Zoe Smith for sitting down with me to talk about endometriosis and football. Really pleased to have our interview published in Her Goal Magazine๐ŸŽ—๏ธโšฝ๏ธ

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Playing Through the Heat: Climate Change and Womenโ€™s Sport - The New Women's Sport Magazine We cannot ignore our changing climate any longer. In an urgent and must-read feature, journalist Beth McCowen puts womenโ€™s sport, climate change and equity under the microscope.

Anyone shocked by the amount of not just #tennis players but also spectators suffering at the #AustralianOpen should read @bethmccowen.bsky.social's excellent feature for @newwomenssportmag.bsky.social on Climate Change and Women's Sport.
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Looking for reporters who have covered traumatic stories (hurricanes, mass shootings, crime, etc.) that left an imprint and want to talk about it on the record for a story on journalism and trauma/anxiety. Please DM me if this sounds like you!

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Arsenal edge past FC Twente to close in on UWCL knockouts - The Halfway Line Arsenal ran out 1-0 winners over FC Twente in a dominant Champions League display, but fans were still left wanting more.

๐€๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ž๐๐ ๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐…๐‚ ๐“๐ฐ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐”๐–๐‚๐‹ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐œ๐ค๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ

The Gunners ran out 1-0 winners over the Dutch side in a dominant Champions League display, but fans were still left wanting more ๐Ÿ‘‡

#UWCL #AWFC

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New! Reporter @bethmccowen.bsky.social attended the AI Town Hall to bring you more on the @newsguild.org "News Not Slop" week of action.

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What would a FIFA Womenโ€™s World Cup look like with 48 teams? - The Halfway Line What if the FIFA Women's World Cup in Brazil had matched the expanded format that the men's World Cup in 2026 has utilised?

Wrote something a little different for @thehalfwayline.bsky.social this week!

As I tried to answer the question: ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐š ๐…๐ˆ๐…๐€ ๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ– ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ?

Projected outcomes came with no shortage of drama...

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New tool tracks how media covers trans communities The Trans News Initiative quantifies and categorizes coverage with data

New! @bethmccowen.bsky.social talks to the people behind the new data vis tool, the Trans News Initiative, by the @transjournalists.org.

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Emma Hayes welcomes Italy challenge as benchmark for USWNT progress - The Halfway Line USWNT head coach Emma Hayes urges her side toavoid the โ€œslow startsโ€ in the previous camp against a โ€œtop-echelon sideโ€ in Italy.

๐„๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š ๐‡๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐š๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ก๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ค ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐”๐’๐–๐๐“ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ

The USWNT head coach says her side must be clinical ahead of the Italy double-header.

#USWNT

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Has women's football outgrown the Subway Cup? - The Halfway Line A TikTok livestream disguising itself as a League Cup draw has raised questions around whether or not the powers at be truly value the growth of the women's game.

๐‡๐š๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐›๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ฎ๐›๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฉ?

Controversy over the competition's recent draw raises the question of whether or not the organisers have their heart in the right place.

๐Ÿ’ญ Siรดn Misra

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Playing Through the Heat: Climate Change and Womenโ€™s Sport - The New Women's Sport Magazine We cannot ignore our changing climate any longer. In an urgent and must-read feature, journalist Beth McCowen puts womenโ€™s sport, climate change and equity under the microscope.

As climate change shifts the conditions in which we live, it would be naรฏve to think sport wonโ€™t be affected. It already is โ€” and for womenโ€™s sport in particular, the challenges are twoโ€‘fold.

โœ๏ธ for The New Womenโ€™s Sport Magazine

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Talking points as Chelsea squander strong start against Barcelona - The Halfway Line It was honours even at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday night as Chelsea managed to stop their losing streak against the always strong Barcelona.

๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ฌ ๐‚๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ž๐š ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐š๐ ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐š

FT: Chelsea 1-1 Barcelona

The two continue their unbeaten start in Europe, making this a matchup weโ€™re likely to see again.

#UWCL

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๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ

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With no due respect to the author of this piece, shut up.

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Lia Wรคlti" The 'right time to move on' from 'amazing' Arsenal - The Halfway Line Juventus midfielder Lia Wรคlti reflects on her departure from Arsenal โ€“ "Every good moment with a team at some point comes to an end".

"I had a really amazing time with Arsenal. Every good moment with a team at some point comes to an end, and I felt that it maybe is my time to move on."

I spoke to Lia Wรคlti about her move to Juventus, and 2025 ranking 'at the very top' of her career.

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