Editor’s note: This post marks a full year of our Gender Check monitoring project. Stay tuned for details on what’s next.
*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 9:15 a.m. (PST) Thursday, Jan. 19, was titled “Missouri still gets an ‘F’ on annual smoking report card.” Its subject was a report showing the states “failures” on smoking-related health issues.
Here is its gender breakdown:
–Author: Female
–Human sources (listed in order mentioned):
None.
Notes/analysis: The article cites a report from the American Lung Association.
Website: St. Louis Beacon
On the St. Louis Beacon, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 9:15 a.m. (PST) Thursday, Jan. 19, was titled “Pipeline rejection angers Republicans, pleases environmental groups.” Its subject was President Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline project.
Here is its gender breakdown:
–Author: Male
–Human sources (listed in order mentioned):
- Male, U.S. president
- Male, U.S. representative (R)
- Female. U.S. senator (D)
- Male, U.S. representative (R)
- Male, U.S. senator (R)
- Female, U.S. senator (D)
- Male, company’s chief executive
- Male, U.S. representative (R)
- Male, U.S. representative (R)
Notes/analysis: The article includes two mugshots — one of a male source and one of a female source.
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