*Gender Checks are quick examinations of gender representation in individual news articles for the purpose of discovering trends over time. Click here to read more.
Website: St. Louis Post-Dispatch (stltoday.com)
On Stltoday.com, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 2:45 p.m. (MST) Thursday, March 3, was titled “Jury finds Shepard guilty after he confesses killing University City police sergeant.” Its subject was a man, who the article describes as “mixed race but considers himself black,” being found guilty by a jury after admitting to killing a white police officer, partly as retribution for the shooting of his girlfriend, also black, by a different white police officer who was later cleared in the incident.
Here is its gender breakdown:
–Author: Female
–Human sources (listed in order mentioned):
1. Male, suspect
2. Male, judge
3. Male, prosecutor
Website: St. Louis Beacon
On the St. Louis Beacon, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 2:45 p.m. (MST) Thursday, March 3, was titled “29,000 answers, one question: How do cities grow?.” Its subject was a look at a population loss of 29,000 people over the course of a decade in St. Louis and what that says about the city and its future.
Here is its gender breakdown:
–Author: Male
–Human sources (listed in order mentioned):
1. Male, resident, talk show host
2. Male, alderman
3. Female, press secretary for mayor
4. Male, director of research
5. Male, executive director of restoration group
6. Male, new arrival
7. Female, new arrival (married to above, moved due to her job)
8. Female, new arrival
9. Male, alderman
10. Male, alderman
11. Male, alderman
12. Female, resident, formerly did city planning work
Notes/analysis: The City of St. Louis Board of Aldermen is composed of 28 ward representatives, eight of which are female.
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