*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 11:30 a.m. (PST) Thursday, Dec. 22, was titled “2nd bacterial infection reported in Missouri baby.” Its subject was an investigation into a link between a baby’s death and another’s infection and the formula powder they were fed.
Here is its gender breakdown:
–Author: Associated Press – No name
–Human sources (listed in order mentioned):
No named sources.
Notes/analysis: The articles references a statement by the Missouri Department of Health.
Website: St. Louis Beacon
- St. Louis Beacon, 12/22/2011
On the St. Louis Beacon, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 11:30 a.m. (PST) Thursday, Dec. 22, was titled “Coming to terms with term limits.” Its subject was effects of term limits in the Missouri Legislature.
Here is its gender breakdown:
–Author: Female
–Human sources (listed in order mentioned):
- Male, state Senate president pro tem
- Male, state House speaker
- Male, research associate professor
- Female, state representative
- Male, state senator
- Male, state senator
Notes/analysis: The article includes two mugshots, both of male sources.
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