*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 8:45 a.m. (PDT) Thursday, Sept. 1, was titled “East St. Louis mother killed two children, fled, say police.” Its subject was a woman arrested after she allegedly shot her two youngest children and hit three pedestrians with her car.
Here is its gender breakdown:
–Author: Male
–Human sources (listed in order mentioned):
- Male, police captain
- Female, cousin of the suspect
- Male, lt. with state police
- Female, of TV station
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, Sept. 1, was titled “McCaskill brands wartime waste ‘disgusting’ at time of budget cuts.” Its subject was a report on wartime contracting.
Here is its gender breakdown:
–Author: Male
–Human sources (listed in order mentioned):
- Female, U.S. senator (D)
- Male, co-chair of commission that created the report
- Male, co-chair of commission
Notes/analysis: The article contains one mug shot, of a female, as well as an image from Afghanistan featuring a group of males.
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