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
We’ve spent the past six months looking at 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
A sample of the lead articles from 40 national online news outlets finds women as 22 percent of sources and 34.3 percent of authors. However, as we dig a little deeper, further discrepancies turn up in the sourcing of articles by men versus those by women and overall when females are present among the sites’ principal staff. Continue reading
