User:Missvain/Press

This content includes reliable secondary independent sources that feature the subject (me!) significantly ("Significant coverage is more than a trivial mention but it need not be the main topic of the source material.")

My DJ name was "Sarah Vain" if that tells you anything about me. ;)

Weird randomness
 * My photography has been published in Indy Car Racing which comes out in Feb.
 * I used to book concerts. This is primary source, but, hey whatever.
 * I DJ'd for ten years. Most of these sources aren't reliable, but, it's a funny and true otherside of my life. Could be fun to add in if anyone ever cared. I used to DJ for the Naptown Roller Girls, and with bands like My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, the Genitorturers..and others. Somewhere at the bottom here is coverage about that. Hell, I've even been called a local Indianapolis legend.
 * Iin case you ever cared, my drag name would be my DJ name. Looks like I had a few drinks there.

Reliable

 * The women of Wikipedia: Closing the site's giant gender gap from The Daily Dot
 * Interviews me and Joseph Reagle


 * Wikipedia’s Editors Are 87 Percent Male Because Citations Are Stored in the Ball Sack from Jezebel
 * Picked up the Daily Dot article

Unreliable/Primary

 * Keynote: Sarah Stierch, Fellow, Wikimedia USA from Social Media Week Hamburg
 * Announces me keynoting the conference.

Reliable

 * ''Online Gender politics from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
 * an interview with me and few other folks about gender gap on wikipedia


 * What has Wikipedia’s army of volunteer editors got against Kate Middleton’s wedding gown? from The Independent
 * I'm interviewed and mentioned in 6 paragraphs. I was interviewed as a specialist about Wikipedia and the gender gap. It mentions: my personal opinion about the gender gap and systemic bias in Wikipedia, when I got my first computer, how I had interest in becoming a hacker and my life path on becoming a museum curator. It talks about the Teahouse, the WikiWomen's Collaborative, and my Wikipedian in Residencies. Lots of quotes, too.


 * How Kate Middleton’s Wedding Gown Demonstrates Wikipedia’s Woman Problem from Slate (magazine)
 * This came out of Wikimania 2012's press conference. I was interviewed by Slate for being a specialist on Wikipedia and the gender gap. I am talked about in the last two paragraphs. Talks about my work at the Smithsonian and my work with the Teahouse.


 * Why Have There Been No Great (Wikipedia Articles on) Women Artists? from the Getty Museum
 * A blog by the Getty Museum talking about the gender gap and Wikipedia. Trivial mention. Does mention my residency at the Smithsonian.


 * Sarah Stierch: Closing the Wikipedia Gender Gap from Linux Magazine
 * Extensive interview which talks about my education, where I live, my work with Wikimedia, how I'm involved in WP Feminism.


 * Frauen vermeiden Konfrontationen from die Tageszeitung (big liberal paper in Germany)
 * Extensive interview about me and the gender gap


 * Wikipedia's dearth of women contributors: An interview with Sarah Stierch' from TechRepublic
 * Extensive Geekend profile about me. Even has a big photo. Talks about my work with the Teahouse, gender gap. Mentions that I live in the Bay Area and that my family lives out here. It says that I like wine and food.


 * ''Interview on CBC Q from the CBC
 * An extensive interview with me from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The entire mp3 is over one hour, I'm the first interview. Talks about the gender gap.


 * Women Can Do Science Too; Wikipedia ‘Bout to Find Out from Gawker
 * A feature about my work at the Smithsonian.


 * Wikipedia kuppet av menn (Norwegian) from Aftenposten
 * talks about my gender gap work.


 * MIND THE GAP: Wikipedia & Gender from Rheinsalon
 * Interview with me on a German feminist website


 * The Smithsonian Archives' Sarah Stierch will be working on Wikipedia's "Women in science" problem from The Mary Sue
 * Talks about my work at SIA and WMF.


 * http://www.gwhatchet.com/2012/05/21/professors-call-on-graduates-to-lead-a-daring-future/ Professors call on graduates to lead a daring future] from GWU
 * Talks about me speaking at commencement. States that I flunked out of college the first time.


 * How Women Can Close the “Gender Gap” in Wikipedia by Documenting Artworks from the Indianapolis Museum of Art
 * Trivial mention about my work with gender gap.


 * Columbian College graduation speakers announced from George Washington University's The Hatchet
 * Tirivla. Mentions me being a commencement speaker.


 * Guest Post: Crowdsourcing skeptic outreach on Wikipedia from SkepChick
 * Trivial mention about my work


 * Wikipedia struggles to close the gender gap from The Daily Dot
 * Trivial.


 * Only 9% of Wikipedia Editors are Female from ChipChick
 * Trivial stuff that just mentions my work at the Smithsonian


 * She Roars. We Record. from Princeton University
 * Trivial but states that I was the inspiration in starting an edit-a-thon at Princeton


 * How Women Influence Online Content from the Anita Borg Institute
 * Talks about gender gap

Unreliable/primary
These articles can be used to fill in some blanks. Remember, with BLP's, you can use primary sources to cite facts about the subjects life (i.e. confirming birthday or where they live, or the work they do now).


 * How Many Women Does It Take to Change Wikipedia? from Smithsonian (magazine)
 * Since I worked at the Smithsonian, this is technically not independent. However, it talks about my work and can be used as a backup source for my gender work.


 * Meet Sarah Stierch: The Archives’ Wikipedian in Residence from Smithsonian Institution Archives
 * A blog announcing my new role at the SIA. Talks about my education and work at WMF.


 * Some of all human knowledge: gender and participation in peer production
 * A paper and presentation that I was involved in about the gender gap.


 * Interview with Sarah Stierch, Wikimedian-in-residence at the Smithsonian and Wikimedia Fellow from The Ada Initiative
 * I'm an advisory board member at this organization. This interview actually talks about my personal life and how I got into tech. It also says I DJ and how I first edited on WikiTravel and how I got into the gender gap stuff. While this is all oral history, technically, the article opens with stating I am an advisory board member at TAI.


 * SOPA Blackout: Why Wikipedia Needs Women from The Huffington Post
 * I wrote a guest post for the Huff Post during the Wikipedia Blackout


 * A Librarian in Wikiland from Hanging Together
 * Brief mention about me at Wikimania and my work with GLAMs and women.

2011

 * How the Smithsonian Is Helping Wikipedia from Chronicle of Philanthropy
 * A cool video about the work I did at the Smithsonian, interviews me (and others!)


 * ‘Wikipedian-in-Residence’ Helps Share Smithsonian Archives again, from Chronicle of Philanthropy
 * Covers my work at the Smithsonian.


 * TBD ArtsBook: What's wrong with the Lincoln Theatre? Lots!
 * Short mention about my residency at the Smithsonian


 * The 9%: Women on Wikipedia from Melville House Publishing
 * Talks about my survey

Unreliable/primary

 * A Very Wiki Summer from Archives of American Art
 * Announcing me as the first resident at the Smithsonian


 * I'm a Museum Person: Sarah Stierch from the Museumist
 * The Museumist is a big deal in the museum community. Interview with me. Talks about where I've worked in museums and that I lived in Washington DC. It talks about how I volunteered at museums as a kid and how I loved dinosaurs.


 * Latest Ada Initiative advisors: Sarah Stierch, Lukas Blakk, and Bruce Byfield] from the Ada Initiative.
 * States that I'm an advisor.

2010

 * The Bird Flies in Denver from the Indianapolis Museum of Art
 * Trivial mention about my work with public art.


 * ''Exposed: The Polaroid Retrospective
 * Confirms my work was featured in an exhibition

2008

 * The Contemporary View: The Midwestern Landscape from Nuvo
 * A review of an exhibition I curated.


 * 'Director's Choice' at Domont from Nuvo Newsweekly
 * Trivial. Mentions that I was the gallery director of a gallery in Indianapolis and that I curated exhibitions.


 * City of reading from Nuvo
 * I gave my reading recs for this collection of suggested reading by local Indianapolis locals

2007

 * Bourbon Street from Nuvo Newsweekly
 * Short article about a DJ night I used to do with my friend Greg. Calls me DJ Sarah Vain.


 * Mutiny! from Nuvo Newsweekly
 * Write up about the club night I used to do. Also calls me Sarah Vain.


 * 2007 music year in review from Nuvo
 * My club night was one of the events mention, I'm mentioned as Sarah Vain

2005

 * Speakeasy with Matt Chandler from Nuvo Newsweekly
 * I used to book concerts, and I co-booked Fugazi with my friend Matt. He mentions it here.


 * Soundtrack of the night Nightlife Guide 2005 from Nuvo
 * "Sarah Vain, ever the energetic renegade trying to save Indianapolis from itself"

2004

 * ''Retro fashion from Nuvo
 * A few paragraphs, some interview about fashion and me. Pretty stupid but kind of funny. I like the 80s.

2003

 * 30 Artists Under 30 from Nuvo Newsweekly (page 21)
 * I was selected as one of the "30 Under 30" by Nuvo Newsweekly. This is a big deal in Indiana. I was much skinnier and had a mohawk then. Ha!