The Gender Report

Get caught up on reading related to women in journalism and the media with this week’s recommended reading list. Continue reading »

Catch up on news related to women in journalism and the media. Check out our weekly recommended reading list. Continue reading »

In this guest post, journalist Amie Ferris-Rotman discusses covering the Sound Central fest, Afghanistan’s largest ever female rock festival. Male members of the press were not allowed to attend the event, which became problematic when news agencies didn’t have women journalists or photographers to send. Continue reading »

Politico ruffled some feathers this week when it published a piece on Jill Abramson, executive editor of The New York Times, that had many questioning whether the story would have been written if she was a man. Continue reading »

The Status of Women in U.S. Media 2013 report provides a thorough summary of recent findings and studies pertaining to women’s representation in the media over the past year. Continue reading »

Explore findings from our six-month Byline Report project. This project examined the gender breakdown of bylines at six online news websites weekly based on the sites’ RSS feeds. Continue reading »

On November 6, most Americans focused their attention on the presidential election results. However, many state and congressional races also will influence the next four years. Continue reading »

This week’s news saw both ends of women’s role and participation in the media. One woman, Jennifer Livingston, confronted discrimination and the biases against women head on. But other women around the world, highlighted in a PBS documentary, are lucky to even get the education to hold such power. Continue reading »

As the political climate heats up and party conventions are in full swing, both the media and the parties themselves are still pushing, or defending, a “war on women” from both parties. Continue reading »

It was confirmed Monday that CNN’s Candy Crowley will moderate one of three scheduled presidential debates this fall. A woman, Martha Raddatz of ABC, will also moderate the vice-presidential debate. Continue reading »

The Gender Report spoke with the 4th Estate about the work the organization is doing to analyze news coverage of the 2012 election, including the representation of women among quoted sources. Continue reading »