*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 10:40 a.m. (PST) Tuesday, Jan. 10, was titled “Higher-ed woes tied to state ‘leadership vacuum’.” Its subject was a new report about higher education in Washington state.
Here is its gender breakdown:
–Author: Female
–Human sources (listed in order mentioned):
- Male, state representative
- Male, professor and president of United Faculty of state
- Female (2), researchers for report
- Female, public policy analyst for governor
- Male, professor
- Male, member of Higher Education Coordinating Board
Website: Seattle P-I
- Seattle P-I, 1/10/2012
On the Seattle P-I, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 10:40 a.m. (PST) Tuesday, Jan. 10, was titled “Will genealogy crack mystery of Federal Way girl’s slaying?” Its subject was lead in a 1991 case of a girl sexually assaulted and killed near her high school.
Here is its gender breakdown:
–Author: Male
–Human sources (listed in order mentioned):
- Female, sheriff’s office spokeswoman
- Female, forensic scientist
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