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Gender check: 5/29/12 – West
This week’s Gender Check from the West looks at an article on the presidential race and an article on second-mortgage debt. Continue reading
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Catch up on news and posts related to women and journalism with our weekly reading list. Continue reading
Catch up on news and posts related to women and journalism with our weekly reading list. This week’s post includes a recommended video on 100 years of women in journalism. Continue reading
As Mitt Romney moves into the position of defacto GOP nominee for president, the fight for the votes of women continues to wage in polling, pundit comments and attacks from both parties about who is the best candidate for women’s issues. Continue reading
The announcement of the 2012 National Magazine Award finalists drew attention this week, not for the finalists themselves but for those who were missing. Continue reading
Women continue to comprise 36.9 percent of those working full-time at daily U.S. newspapers, according to the American Society of News Editors’ 2012 Newsroom Census. That percentage remains unchanged from 2011′s survey. Continue reading
This week women continued to be a featured angle in the presidential race, particularly in light of Super Tuesday’s primary results and the continued headline and discussion of the GOP’s “war on women.” Continue reading
The International News Safety Institute launched a publication titled “No Woman’s Land: On the Frontlines with Female Reporters” this week, featuring the experiences of female journalists. Continue reading
Over the past few weeks, the Gender Report has been following the continued news coverage and debates on President Obama’s ruling and subsequent compromise requiring all insurance plans to cover contraception. This week’s headlines on the issue gravitated towards comments from talk radio’s Rush Limbaugh. Continue reading
Since the issue began blowing up, The Gender Report has kept track of a small slice of the news stories about the birth control ruling from the Obama administration. Here’s what we found. Continue reading
Women bylined 32.2 percent of all articles monitored in a year-long study of eight news websites. Continue reading
Women were 26 percent of human sources referenced in lead articles monitored in a year-long study of eight online news sites. Continue reading
A year ago, we asked: What percentage of the most talked about articles on the web feature or are written by women? What we found as we sought to answer this question was not encouraging. Continue reading
What is The Gender Report?
The Gender Report is a website that aims to monitor gender representations in online news. Contact us at genderreport@gmail.com. Follow @genderreport on Twitter.
