*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 the Stltoday.com, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 6:45 a.m. (PDT) Thursday, Sept. 15, was titled “Mo. Legislature stuck on local control, Aerotropolis.” Its subject was two issues that hit a snag in the legislature — city control of the police department and a project to make St. Louis a hub for freight flights between China and the Midwest.
Here is its gender breakdown:
–Author: Female and male (shared byline)
–Human sources (listed in order mentioned):
- Female, state senator (D)
- Male, state House speaker (R)
- Male, state senator (D)
- Male, representative of police officers’ group
- Male, former president of the city police officers’ association
- Male, state senator (R)
- Male, state senator (R)
Notes/analysis: Keep in mind that eight of the 34 members of the Missouri Legislature are female.
Website: St. Louis Beacon
- St. Louis Beacon, 9/15/2011
On the St. Louis Beacon, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 6:45 a.m. (PDT) Thursday, Sept. 15, was titled “Missouri legislature adjourns special session for week.” Its subject was the same as above, but with a different framing that included the overall economic package containing the freight project.
Here is its gender breakdown:
–Author: Female
–Human sources (listed in order mentioned):
- Male, state Senate president pro tem (R)
- Male, state House speaker (R)
- Male, state senator (R)
Notes/analysis: The article also quotes a statement from the governor’s office and a statement from a right to life group. The article includes three mug shots, all of men.
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