TUSCALOOSA, ALA. (May 23, 2016) – She Drives Trucks is a weekly newsletter launching this week that serves female company drivers and owner-operators – the more than 200,000 women who make up about 6 percent of trucking’s driving workforce. Sent weekly to 50,000 female drivers, She Drives will address the unique issues women face on the road, including personal safety, health concerns and the best driving jobs for women.
Through the newsletter, website and social media, She Drives will offer a community for women drivers to share their experiences and tips for surviving and thriving in a challenging industry.
“We’re launching She Drives to address a need in trucking for content that speaks directly to women drivers,” says Linda Longton, senior vice president, editorial, for Randall-Reilly, which publishes Truckers News and She Drives. “These are professionals who made a conscious decision to pursue a career in a male-dominated industry, even knowing the challenges they would face. She Drives helps them address those challenges and have a little fun at the same time.”
The Truckers News editorial team, headed by Editor David Hollis, is putting together an advisory board of successful women drivers who will help shape the content and direction of She Drives. Members include Joanne Fatta, a company driver and trainer for Sunrise Transport with more than 15 years’ experience and Lisa M. McAlpine, an owner-operator leased to Landstar, who has been driving for 12 years, among others. Female drivers interested in joining the advisory board or fleets wishing to nominate one of their women drivers should contact Hollis.
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During an advisory board discussion, Fatta commented: “We women are fitting in pretty well out here. I remember when I first started driving, the looks, stares, laughs, disrespect. Now we are seen as professional, well-respected, hard-working women. It’s about time!”
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