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Highest percentage of female sources yet in 11th month of Gender Check project

The 11th month of our Gender Check monitoring project brought our highest percentage of female sources in a given month to date, with women as 34.7 percent of sources. Only one month to go until we hit the year mark in this study. Continue reading »

Female authors rebound to 29 percent in Gender Check study’s 10th month

During the tenth month of our Gender Check monitoring project, women made up 25.5 percent of sources and 29 percent of authors of one gender or the other. This marked a higher showing of female authors than the previous month, which resulted in our all-time low in our study thus far at 25 percent. Continue reading »

Nine months: Science and health articles showing high female sources, low female bylines

At the nine-month mark of our Gender Check study, articles about science and health have the highest percentage of female sources and one of the lowest percentages of female bylines compared to other article subjects. Continue reading »

Nine months: Findings on women as sources, authors in Gender Check monitoring project

Online-only news sites provide more female sources but fewer female bylines than their newspaper counterparts, according to our findings at the nine-month mark of our Gender Check monitoring project. Continue reading »

Lowest showing of female bylines yet found in ninth month of Gender Check project

Women comprised 27 percent of sources and 25 percent of bylines in the ninth month of our Gender Check monitoring project. This marked the lowest percentage of female bylines to date in this study. Continue reading »

Second month in a row with dismal female byline count in New Media Index stories

Following a methodology change for the New Media Index reports, The Gender Report has for the second month in a row found the lowest count of female bylines yet, this month coming in at a dismal 9.5 percent. Continue reading »

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