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Women byline 32.2% of lead news articles in year-long Gender Check study

Women bylined 32.2 percent of all articles monitored in a year-long study of eight news websites. Continue reading »

Findings show women as 26% of news sources in year-long Gender Check study

Women were 26 percent of human sources referenced in lead articles monitored in a year-long study of eight online news sites. Continue reading »

One year: Project examines gender representations in the New Media Index

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 »

12th month shows dip in female sources and authors

The articles from month 12 of our Gender Check monitoring project contained 23 female sources and 71 male sources, making women as 24.4 percent of human sources whose gender could be identified. Continue reading »

December’s New Media Index count results in low female bylines, sources

A low article count in December’s monitoring of the New Media Index results in few female bylines and sources. December’s monitoring marked a full year of monitoring the top articles of the web based on links provided in the Project for Excellence in Journalism’s weekly New Media Index roundups. Continue reading »

New Media Index: Findings from October, November show slight increase in female sources, bylines

Catching up from October and November, our monitoring saw slight gains in the percentage of female sources and bylines in the News Media Index after all-time lows in September and August. Continue reading »

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