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
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
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
A dismal 10 percent of authors and 14.1 percent of sources were female in August’s look at the Project for Excellence in Journalism’s New Media Index. This followed some changes in the NMI’s methodology starting Aug. 1. Continue reading
Tell us about an individual or a group making a difference in the area of gender representation in the news. Share your thoughts in the comment section as well as on Twitter with the hashtag #GRdiscuss or on our Facebook page. Continue reading
This week we’re discussing: What are some ways to increase the percentage of women included as news sources and the number of female reporters in the newsroom and with lead bylines? Continue reading
