The Gender Report
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Catch up on news related to women in journalism with our recommended reading list. 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 Boston Globe went as far as to deem the 2012 London Olympics as the “Girl Games,” and Time magazine named London the “Year of the Woman.” But with plentiful gains towards gender equity in these games, the Gender Report also found plentiful bias in both spoken and written commentary throughout the past weeks. Continue reading
The New York Times named Margaret M. Sullivan as the newspaper’s new public editor this week — the first woman to hold the position. 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
Men still dominate opinion writing across legacy and new media, according to a report released this week from The OpEd Project. 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.
