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Gender check: 5/8/12 – West

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*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 8 a.m. (PT) Tuesday, May 8, was titled “Mitt Romney campaign has awkward moments in Ohio.”

Here is its breakdown:

Subject: Politics and government (GMMP No. 4)

Word count: 916

Author: Female

Human sources (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Female, audience member
  2. Male, presidential candidate
  3. Female, audience member
  4. Male, Senator (then running for president)
  5. Male, president of organization
  6. Male, White House advisor
  7. Male, former presidential candidate
  8. Male, state auditor


Website: California Watch

California Watch

On California Watch, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 8 a.m. (PT) Tuesday, May 8, was titled “With campaign donations, bond underwriters also secure contracts.”

Here is its breakdown:

Subject: Politics and government (GMMP No. 4)

Word count: 1832

Author: Male

Human sources (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Male, assistant county treasurer
  2. Male, former assemblyman
  3. Male, parent volunteer
  4. Female, chief business official
  5. Male, chief financial officer
  6. Female, chief business and financial officer
  7. Male, deputy executive director and chief legal officer
  8. Male, superintendent
  9. Male, company president
  10. Female, chief business official

Women in journalism: Reading list 5/6/2012

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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

–In Honor of World Press Freedom Day: IWMF Courage in Journalism and Lifetime Achievement Award Winners Announced (International Women’s Media Foundation)

–World Press Freedom Day 2012 shows need for women journalists (Women News Network)

–Women Of ‘The Daily Show’: Why Haven’t More Become Breakout Stars? (Huffington Post)

–Bloggers Debate the Treatment of Arab Women (PEJ)

–Is that a woman as a source in your story? (Public Insight Network)

–Why is there so much misogyny online? (Guardian)

–Nine Articles ‘for Women’ That Journalists Should Stop Writing (The Atlantic Wire)

–‘More women stepping out to write’ (The Times of India)

–Pretty Funny (Minus the Funny) (Huffington Post)

–Ferial Haffajee: ‘Africa is a place of hope and that is reflected in its journalism’ (Journalism.co.uk)

–Shepard, media critic and former NPR ombudsman, joins UNLV faculty (Las Vegas Review Journal)

–Claudia Townsend leaves WaPo after three decades (JimRomenesko.com)

–Life’s Work: Christiane Amanpour (Harvard Business Review)

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: 5/3/12 – Midwest

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*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 9:15 a.m. (PT) Thursday, May 3, was titled “Notre Dame QB Rees jailed as cops break up house party.”

Here is its breakdown:

Subject: Crime and violence (GMMP No. 38)

Word count: 742

Author:  Male (2)

Human sources (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Male, police captain
  2. Female, spokeswoman
  3. Male, spokesman


Website: Chicagoist

On the Chicagoist, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 9:15 a.m. (PT) Thursday, May 3, was titled “Three Floyds Warns Against Black Market Dark Lord Sales.”

Here is its breakdown:

Subject: Economy: Other (GMMP No. 18)

Word count: 480

Author: Male

Human sources (listed in order mentioned):

None

Notes/analysis: The article includes a statement from the company.

 

Gender check: 5/1/12 – West

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*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 1:10 p.m. (PT) Tuesday, May 1, was titled “Obama in Afghanistan on Osama bin Laden death anniversary.”

Here is its breakdown:

Subject: Politics and government: Peace, negotiations, treaties (GMMP No. 3)

Word count: 385

Author: Female (1) and male (1)

Human sources (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Male, president
  2. Male, presidential candidate


Website: California Watch

On California Watch, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of [1:10 p.m. (PT) Tuesday, May 1, was titled “Ex-ICE intelligence chief pleads guilty to embezzlement.” (Note: The link for the daily report on the California Watch homepage takes you to the article but on the Center for Investigative Reporting’s website.)

Here is its breakdown:

Subject: Crime and violence: Non-violent crime (GMMP No. 37)

Word count: 763

Author: Male

Human sources (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Male, U.S. attorney (in a statement)

Women in journalism: Reading list 4/29/12

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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

–The Digital (Gender) Divide: Women Are More Likely Than Men to Have a Blog (and a Facebook Profile) (The Atlantic)

–Sri Lanka’s Top Media Jobs Still Elude Women  (Asia Sentinel)

–Two Egyptian journalists attacked in Alexandria (Committee to Protect Journalists)

–Journalist and human rights activist Dina Meza threatened again (Reporters Without Borders)

–Liberian journalist Mae Azango on cold threats, hot stories (Committee to Protect Journalists)

–Journalism professor awarded for diversity work (Baylor Lariat)

–U. of Maryland j-school dean finalists make presentations (JimRomenesko.com)

–Debra Leithauser leaves Washington Post for McClatchy (Poynter)

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.