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Website: Seattle Times
- “We’re conserving, but water rates may climb” – Seattle Times 9/13/2011
On the Seattle Times, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 9 a.m. (PDT) Tuesday, Sept. 13, was titled “We’re conserving, but water rates may climb.” Its subject was water rates.
Here is its gender breakdown:
–Author: Female
–Human sources (listed in order mentioned):
- Male, consultant
- Male, city council’s utilities committee chairman
- Male, analyst
- Male, chamber of commerce vice president for government relations
- Male, member of water system advisory committee
- Male, director
- Male, city council president
- Male, manager of watershed education center
- Male, senior civil engineer on the project
Notes/analysis: Four photos are included with the article. All by male photographers. No visible women.
Website: Seattle P-I
On the Seattle P-I, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 9 a.m. (PDT) Tuesday, Sept. 13, was titled “A Jersey guy’s love for the Olympics.” Its subject was Bill Bradley’s role in a dam removal project to reopen part of Olympic National Park to spawning salmon.
Here is its gender breakdown:
–Author: Male
–Human sources (listed in order mentioned):
- Male, former U.S. senator (subject)
- Male, late Alaska governor
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