*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)
- Stltoday.com, 10/20/2011
On Stltoday.com, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 10:10 a.m. (PDT) Thursday, Oct. 20, was titled “Prep work at Busch Stadium begins before dawn.” Its subject was a day in the life of the stadium.
Here is its gender breakdown:
–Author: Male and female shared byline
–Human sources (listed in order mentioned):
- Male, stadium worker
- Male, regional executive chef
- Female, executive chef
- Male, chef
- Male, stadium worker
- Male, Rangers fan
- Male, Rangers fan
- Male, camera operator
- Male, ballpark cam tech
- Male, stadium worker, deliverer
- Male, district sales manager
- Male, senior VP for standards and on-field operations
- Male, one-man ticket brokerage
- Male, autograph hunter
- Male, baseball writer
- Male, camped out
- Male, broadcaster
- Male, special instructor coach
Notes/analysis: This article goes to show what a man’s world baseball must be. However, two of three photos with people who can be identified feature females.
Website: St. Louis Beacon
On the St. Louis Beacon, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 10:10 a.m. (PDT) Thursday, Oct. 20, was titled “McCaskill presses Pentagon to make changes to curb wasteful contracting.” Its subject was pressure put on to put into place recommendations regarding fraud and waste in wartime contracting.
Here is its gender breakdown:
–Author: Male
–Human sources (listed in order mentioned):
- Female, U.S. senator (D)
- Male, Pentagon undersecretary in charge of acquisition
- Male, joint staffs logistics director
- Male and female (joint statement), contracting commission members
Notes/analysis: The article includes one mug shot, of the main female source.
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