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Gender Checks, South

Gender Check 1/2/12 – South

Website: The Miami Herald

On the Miami Herald, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 4:30 p.m. (EST) on Monday, Jan. 2 was “Wind Chill Advisory Monday Night, Freeze Watch For Tuesday.“. Its subject was an unusually cold weather forecast for southern Florida.

Here is its gender breakdown:

-Author: Male

-Human sources (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Male – meteorologist
  2. Male – former director of botanical gardens

Website: Patch (Seminole Heights)

On Patch of Seminole Heights, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 4:30 p.m. (EST) on Monday, Jan. 2 was titled “Help Seminole Heights Community Gardens Battle Freeze.” Its subject was the same cold front moving into Miami and how it will effect local gardens.

Here is its gender breakdown:

-Author: Male

-Human sources (listed in order mentioned)

none

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About Joy Bacon

currently lives in Baltimore, Md., and teaches at a low-income high school. She studied English and journalism at Whitworth University, where she served as editor-in-chief of The Whitworthian as well as a contributing editor for Script literary magazine. She has worked in several freelance capacities and is passionate about promoting gender equity both domestically and abroad.

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