Getting women athletes on TV

The Salt Lake Tribune ran a profile on Lisa Mitzel, a former All-American gymnast, who has started the nonprofit organization called Athletic Girl Productions.

According to the article, "Izzi says her main initiative is to increase exposure for positive female role models in sports through media channels including the Web site and TV. She is gathering funds and packaging together a cable TV show highlighting women in sports."

Her motivation came from some thesis research where she realized the dearth of women athletes on TV and decided to try to do something about it.