*Gender Checks are quick examinations of gender representation in individual news articles for the purpose of discovering trends over time. Click hereto read more.
Website: Los Angeles Times
On the LATimes.com, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 8:45 a.m. (PST) Tuesday, Feb. 28, was titled “Ohio school shooting: Death toll rises to 2; police search woods.”
Here is its breakdown:
Subject: Crime and violence: Violent crime, murder, abduction, assault, etc. (GMMP No. 38)
Word count: 392
Author: Male
Human sources (listed in order mentioned):
- Male, U.S. secretary of education
- Male, reported friend of the suspect
- Unknown, attorney
Website: California Watch
On California Watch, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 8:45 a.m. (PST) Tuesday, Feb. 28, was titled “Basic police work ignored in autistic patient’s suspicious death.”
Here is its breakdown:
Subject: Crime and violence: Other crime/violence – Investigation (GMMP No. 44)
Word count: 4,153
Author: Male
Human sources (listed in order mentioned):
- Male, detective
- Male, detective
- Female, department director
- Female, mother
- Male, older brother
- Male, caregiver on duty
- Female, supervisor
- Unknown, neurosurgeon
- Female, lead detective
- Male, doctor
- Female, doctor
- Male, detective
- Male, prosecutor
- Female, patient advocate
- Male, chief deputy coroner
- Male, biomechanical engineering professor
Notes/analysis: Both a male and a female reporter contributed to this story.
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