*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 9:20 a.m. (PDT) Thursday, Sept. 22, was titled “Metro East prosecutor announces crackdown on bad cops.” Its subject was seven police officers arrested on a variety of charges as part of a crackdown.
Here is its gender breakdown:
–Author: Male (3)
–Human sources (listed in order mentioned):
- Male, county state’s attorney
- Male, victim in one of the cases
Notes/analysis: Three of the seven arrested are female.
Website: St. Louis Beacon
On the St. Louis Beacon, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 9:20 a.m. (PDT) Thursday, Sept. 22, was titled “Consumers, pharmacists, lawmakers weigh in on Express Scripts merger plan.” Its subject was opinions on a mega-merger of two pharmacy benefit managers.
Here is its gender breakdown:
–Author: Male
–Human sources (listed in order mentioned):
- Male, chief executive at one company
- Male, counterpart at other company
- Male, pharmacy executive on behalf of a national association
- Male, pharmacist and member of association of independent, local pharmacies
- Male, U.S. senator
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