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By the numbers: Women visibly absent from contraception stories

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 »

Recap: A look at The Gender Report’s first year by the numbers

During our first year of operation, we spent time looking at representations of sex and gender in Internet news through our own studies and as well as those by others. To review what we’ve accomplished in that time and what it says about the state of women in online journalism, we’ve pulled together a roundup of our stats and findings. Continue reading »

One year: Examining the prominence of female sources in Gender Check study

Women made up 26 percent of human sources referenced in the articles we monitored as part of our Gender Check project, but how prominently did these sources appear in these stories? We take a look. Continue reading »

One year: A look at female authors, sources by article subject in Gender Check study

What article subjects have the lowest representation of female sources and authors? Well, that’s what we’ve looked at in the data from our year-long Gender Check monitoring study. Continue reading »

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 »

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