Author: Jasmine R. Linabary

Byline Report: Week of 10/7/12 to 10/13/12

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The Byline Report is a project aimed at surveying authorship at online news websites. Each report records a week’s worth of data from six websites for the purpose of uncovering trends over time. Bylines are counted from all articles in the site’s RSS feed. For more details about the project, click here.

Week 15: Oct. 7 2012 – Oct. 13, 2012

California Watch

  • Percent by women: 53.3%
  • Percent by men: 46.7%
  • Percent shared (both male and female authors): 0%
  • Percent by other*: 0%

The Center for Public Integrity

  • Percent by women: 77.8%
  • Percent by men: 22.2%
  • Percent shared: 0%
  • Percent by other*: 0%

Politico – “2012 Live“

  • Percent by women: 28.6%
  • Percent by men: 63.7%
  • Percent shared:  2.7%
  • Percent by other*: 5%

ProPublica

  • Percent by women: 71.4%
  • Percent by men: 28.6%
  • Percent shared: 0%
  • Percent by other*: 0%

Slate

  • Percent by women: 26%
  • Percent by men: 64%
  • Percent shared: 6%
  • Percent by other*: 4%

Texas Tribune

  • Percent by women: 23.3%
  • Percent by men: 75%
  • Percent shared: 1.7%
  • Percent by other*: 0%
  • Note: Duplicates were removed so each article was only counted once.

*The other category includes articles that have no byline as well as those by staff and wire services.

Women in journalism: Reading list 10/14/2012

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The Gender Report provides a weekly round-up of links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. The links below are to noteworthy articles on topics related to women in journalism and the media during the past week. Articles included in this feature do not necessarily reflect the views of The Gender Report or its writers. View past week’s round-ups here.

Reading List

–14-Year-Old Blogger, Peace Prize Winner [Malala Yousafzai] Shot by Taliban (Mashable)

–What Will You Do in the Name of Malala? (New York Times’ Motherlode)

–Margaret Sullivan reminds rowdy NYT freelancer he’s ‘highly replaceable’ (Poynter)

–The Women’s Media Center Announces Social Media Award Nominees (Women’s Media Center)

–Cindy Royal: Journalism schools need to get better at teaching tech where the girls are (Nieman Lab)

 –Rape in war: Are we getting it wrong? (Women Under Siege)

–Chris Anyanwu: Journalist turned Senator Works to Strengthen Democracy in Nigeria (International Women’s Media Foundation)

–Journalists praise Martha Raddatz as moderator of Vice Presidential debate (Poynter)

–Mariane Pearl Reflects On Launch Of Intl Girls’ Day (AWID)

–Meet the woman behind Lufkin Daily News’ popular police report (JimRomenesko.com)

–Missed World Pulse LIVE? Watch the Highlights (World Pulse)

We encourage readers to submit suggestions of articles to include in future editions of this feature by sending an email to genderreport[at]gmail.com. For links to articles like these throughout the week, follow @GenderReport on Twitter.

Byline Report: Week of 9/30/12 to 10/6/12

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The Byline Report is a project aimed at surveying authorship at online news websites. Each report records a week’s worth of data from six websites for the purpose of uncovering trends over time. Bylines are counted from all articles in the site’s RSS feed. For more details about the project, click here.

Week 14: Sept. 30 2012 – Oct. 6, 2012

California Watch

  • Percent by women: 40%
  • Percent by men: 45%
  • Percent shared (both male and female authors): 10%
  • Percent by other*: 5%

The Center for Public Integrity

  • Percent by women: 52.9%
  • Percent by men: 35.3%
  • Percent shared: 0%
  • Percent by other*: 11.8%

Politico – “2012 Live“

  • Percent by women: 28.3%
  • Percent by men: 60.3%
  • Percent shared:  5.6%
  • Percent by other*: 5.9%

ProPublica

  • Percent by women: 44.4%
  • Percent by men: 44.4%
  • Percent shared: 11.1%
  • Percent by other*: 0%

Slate

  • Percent by women: 27%
  • Percent by men: 64.8%
  • Percent shared: 4.1%
  • Percent by other*: 4.1%

Texas Tribune

  • Percent by women: 25%
  • Percent by men: 69.1%
  • Percent shared: 5.9%
  • Percent by other*: 0%
  • Note: Duplicates were removed so each article was only counted once.

*The other category includes articles that have no byline as well as those by staff and wire services.

Women in journalism: Reading list 10/7/2012

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The Gender Report provides a weekly round-up of links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. The links below are to noteworthy articles on topics related to women in journalism and the media during the past week. Articles included in this feature do not necessarily reflect the views of The Gender Report or its writers. View past week’s round-ups here.

Reading List

–Local TV anchor [Jennifer Livingston] criticized for her weight: ‘I don’t take a lot of crap from people’ (Poynter) (See also our related Week in Review post “Television host, documentary highlight widening gap in gender access“)

–Women dominate in the classroom so why not in the newsrooms and boardrooms? (Wannabe Hacks)

–University of Montana newspaper publishes controversial rape-joke cartoon (Poynter)

–CPJ Press Freedom Awards: Honoring tenacity and courage (Committee to Protect Journalists) Liberian journalist Mae Azango is one of the awardees.

–‘USA Today’ Founder Honoring Olive Garden Columnist Marilyn Hagerty (NPR)

–W’s Nina Lawrence Decamps for WSJ (Adweek)

We encourage readers to submit suggestions of articles to include in future editions of this feature by sending an email to genderreport[at]gmail.com. For links to articles like these throughout the week, follow @GenderReport on Twitter.

Byline Report: Week of 9/23/12 to 9/29/12

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The Byline Report is a project aimed at surveying authorship at online news websites. Each report records a week’s worth of data from six websites for the purpose of uncovering trends over time. Bylines are counted from all articles in the site’s RSS feed. For more details about the project, click here.

Week 13: Sept. 23 2012 – Sept. 29, 2012

California Watch

  • Percent by women: 52.4%
  • Percent by men: 38.1%
  • Percent shared (both male and female authors): 9.5%
  • Percent by other*: 0%

The Center for Public Integrity

  • Percent by women: 47.6%
  • Percent by men: 47.6%
  • Percent shared: 0%
  • Percent by other*: 4.8%

Politico – “2012 Live“

  • Percent by women: 27.7%
  • Percent by men: 62.4%
  • Percent shared:  3.5%
  • Percent by other*: 6.4%

ProPublica

  • Percent by women: 61.5%
  • Percent by men: 30.8%
  • Percent shared: 7.7%
  • Percent by other*: 0%

Slate

  • Percent by women: 32.6%
  • Percent by men: 61.6%
  • Percent shared: 3.5%
  • Percent by other*: 2.3%

Texas Tribune

  • Percent by women: 16.4%
  • Percent by men: 82%
  • Percent shared: 0%
  • Percent by other*: 1.6%
  • Note: Duplicates were removed so each article was only counted once.

*The other category includes articles that have no byline as well as those by staff and wire services.