Gender check: 5/31/12 – Midwest

*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: Chicago Tribune

On Chicago Tribune, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 11 a.m. (PT) Thursday, May 31, was titled “Appeals court strikes down Defense of Marriage Act.”

Here is its breakdown:

Subject: Social and legal (GMMP No. 35)

Word count: 533

Author: Female

Human sources (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Male, judge
  2. Female, state attorney general
  3. Female, lawyer
  4. Male, president of family institute


Website: Chicagoist

On the Chicagoist, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 11 a.m. (PT) Thursday, May 31, was titled “Chi Festiv-Ale Tickets On Sale Friday.”

Here is its breakdown:

Subject: Celebrity, Arts, Media, Sports (GMMP No. 46)

Word count: 243

Author:  Male

Human sources (listed in order mentioned):

None

Gender check: 5/29/12 – West

*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 LATimes.com, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 5:10 p.m. (PT) Tuesday, May 29, was titled “Obama camp takes aim at Romney’s ties to Trump.”

Here is its breakdown:

Subject: Politics and government (GMMP No. 4)

Word count: 370

Author: Female

Human sources (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Female, deputy campaign manager
  2. Male, GOP presidential candidate


Website: California Watch

On California Watch, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 5:10 p.m. (PT) Tuesday, May 29, was titled “Texas firm targets Calif. homeowners with foreclosed 2nd mortgages.”

Here is its breakdown:

Subject: Economy (GMMP No. 16)

Word count: 2,721

Author: Male

Human sources (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Male
  2. Male
  3. Male, lawyer in class-action suit
  4. Male, chief executive and main owner
  5. Female
  6. Unknown, judge
  7. Unknown, lawyer
  8. Male, attorney

Women in journalism: Reading list 5/28/2012

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

Forbes.com contributor deletes post about Sheryl Sandberg after people call it sexist (Poynter)

The Lazy Stereotyping of Executive Women: A Case Study (Forbes Woman)

Hustler Magazine Sparks Rage With a Rude Image of Pundit S.E. Cupp
 (Daily Beast)

Gloria Steinem, Women’s Media Center Denounce Hustler Attack On Conservative Commentator (Women’s Media Center)

The Five Most Sexist/Misogynistic Print Ads From The Last Five Years (BuzzFeed)

FAIR numbers (OpEd Project Byline Blog) About a byline count of op-eds in the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and New York Times

Geena Davis battles media’s portrayal of women (The Tennessean)

A New York Times Whodunit (New York Magazine) About the exit of Janet Robinson

Huffington Post Gets Its First Publisher (Janet Balis) Amid Broader AOL Changes (Ad Age)

Katharine Zaleski to leave Washington Post for NY video startup (Poynter)

She’s Making News: Paula Zahn (Paley Center)

Walters shares wisdom from her ‘most thoughtful’ interviewees  (Yale News)

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.

Gender check: 5/24/12 – Midwest

*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: Chicago Tribune

On the Chicago Tribune, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 12:45 p.m. (PT) Thursday, May 24, was titled “Obama leads in key swing states, new polls find.”

Here is its breakdown:

Subject: Politics and government (GMMP No. 4)

Word count: 357

Author: Male

Human sources (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Male, of NBC


Website: Chicagoist

On Chicagoist, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 12:45 p.m. (PT) Thursday, May 24, was titled “Bird Names To Play Hometown Show With A New Lineup.”

Here is its breakdown:

Subject: Celebrity, arts, media and sports (GMMP No. 46)

Word count: 295

Author:  Female

Human sources (listed in order mentioned):

None

Gender check: 5/22/12 – West

*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 LATimes.com, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 10:50 a.m. (PT) Tuesday, May 22, was titled “Ann Romney and dressage: A pricey private world.”

Here is its breakdown:

Subject: Politics and government (GMMP No. 4)

Word count: 1,309

Author: Female

Human sources (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Female, subject
  2. Female, spokeswoman
  3. Female, woman who bought horse
  4. Female, attorney


Website: California Watch

On California Watch, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 10:50 a.m. (PT) Tuesday, May 22, was titled “Overtime pay soars for state-run police force.”

Here is its breakdown:

Subject: Politics and government (GMMP No. 7)

Word count: 2,651

Author: Male (2)

Human sources (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Male, entry level patrolman
  2. Male, commander
  3. Male, lobbyist
  4. Male, former chief of investigations
  5. Male, former detective
  6. Male, captain
  7. Male, criminal justice consultant