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Website: St. Louis Post-Dispatch(stltoday.com)
- “Missing inmate went through unlocked gate, scaled fence to escape St. Louis jail,” Stltoday.com, 7/28/2011
On Stltoday.com, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 8:45 a.m. (PDT) Thursday, July 28, was titled “Missing inmate went through unlocked gate, scaled fence to escape St. Louis jail.” Its subject was a man who escaped the city jail.
Here is its gender breakdown:
–Author: Female
–Human sources (listed in order mentioned):
- Male, city hall operations director
Notes/analysis: Photos with this story were by a male photographer.
Website: St. Louis Beacon
On the St. Louis Beacon, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 8:45 a.m. (PDT) Thursday, July 28, was titled “Congress lurches toward endgame compromise if competing plans fail.” Its subject was the status and opinion on the two competing plans regarding the “debt ceiling crisis.”
Here is its gender breakdown:
–Author: Male
–Human sources (listed in order mentioned):
- Male, U.S. senator (D)
- Female, U.S. representative (R)
- Male, U.S. representative (R)
- Female, U.S. senator (D)
- Male, U.S. senator (R)
- Male, U.S. senator (D)
Notes/analysis: The story includes four mug shots — two of females and two of males.
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