*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: Los Angeles Times
On the LATimes.com, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 7 a.m. (PT) Tuesday, March 27, was titled “Healthcare, Day 2: Supreme Court argument turns to insurance mandate.
Here is its breakdown:
Subject: Social and legal: Legal system, judicary, legislation apart from family (GMMP No. 35)
Word count: 558
Author: Male (2)
Human sources (listed in order mentioned):
None.
Website: California Watch
On California Watch, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 7 a.m. (PT) Tuesday, March 27, was titled “Want to lose weight? Add chocolate to diet, study suggests.”
Here is its breakdown:
Subject: Science and health: Science, technology, research, discoveries (GMMP No. 19)
Word count: 397
Author: Female
Human sources (listed in order mentioned):
- Female, researcher
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