*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: Atlanta Journal-Constitution
On The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 8 p.m. EST on Monday, March 26, was titled “Cheating our Children: AJC’s testing investigation spurs action.”
Here is its breakdown:
Subject: Social and Legal: Education (Global Media Monitoring Project 27)
Word count: 1,133
Author: Male
Human sources (listed in order mentioned):
- Male – U.S. Senator
- Female – teacher’s union president
- Male – special investigator
- Male – urban superintendent
- Male – urban superintendent
- Male – AJC editor
- Female – parent
Website: Patch Buckhead
On Patch Buckhead, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 8 p.m. EST on Monday, March 26, was titled “School board will vote up and down on APS plan.”
Here is its breakdown:
Subject: Social and Legal – education (Global Media Monitoring Project No. 27)
Word count: 533
Author: Male
Human sources (listed in order mentioned):
- Male – school board chairman
- Male – group representative
- Female – school board member
- Female – PTA president
- Female – PTA president
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