*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: Seattle Times
On the Seattle Times, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 9:30 a.m. (PDT) Tuesday, Sept. 27, was titled “Were blast, earlier leaks related?.” Its subject was a gas leak in a service line that leads to a house that exploded.
Here is its gender breakdown:
–Author: Males (2)
–Human sources (listed in order mentioned):
- Female, utility company spokeswoman
- Male, fire department spokesman
- Female, sister of injured woman
- Male, state utilities engineer
- Female, neighbor
- Male, neighbor
- Female, neighbor
- Female, neighbor
- Male, in neighborhood
- Male, neighbor
Notes/analysis: The article includes two graphs and a photograph by a male photographer of firefighters where the gender of the subjects cannot be determined.
Website: Seattle P-I
On the Seattle P-I, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 9:30 a.m. (PDT) Tuesday, Sept. 27, was titled “Drunken driving suspected in N. Seattle crash.” Its subject was a crash early in the morning that may have been the result of drinking and driving.
Here is its gender breakdown:
–Author: Male
–Human sources (listed in order mentioned):
None.
Notes/analysis: The article’s only citations are “Police say.” There are no named sources.
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