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Presidential debates: First female moderator in 20 years announced

It was confirmed Monday that CNN’s Candy Crowley will moderate one of three scheduled presidential debates this fall. A woman, Martha Raddatz of ABC, will also moderate the vice-presidential debate. Continue reading »

UPDATED: “Girl Games” still grappled with gendered language, commentary

The Boston Globe went as far as to deem the 2012 London Olympics as the “Girl Games,” and Time magazine named London the “Year of the Woman.” But with plentiful gains towards gender equity in these games, the Gender Report also found plentiful bias in both spoken and written commentary throughout the past weeks. Continue reading »

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 »

Gender check: 2/14/12 – West

Our first Gender Check from the West for year two shifts focus south to two California news sites. Continue reading »

COMMENTARY: A year’s lessons

When we started this project, we had a fairly simple question to ask: To what extent are women both represented and participating in print and online media? Here are our thoughts after the first year. Continue reading »

Week of the Year: A look at our Week in Review

When we started this project, one of our big goals was to bring more attention to not only the lack of women in the newsroom, but also to the lack of women in the news. One of the ways we did this was through our Week in Review, a post each weekend that rounded up … Continue reading »

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