Author: Jasmine R. Linabary

Gender check: 4/26/12 – 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 the Chicago Tribune, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 9:45 a.m. (PT) Thursday, April 26, was titled “3 charged with boy’s abduction face extradition to Missouri.”

Here is its breakdown:

Subject: Crime and violence (GMMP No. 38)

Word count: 489

Author: Staff

Human sources (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Male, boy’s maternal grandfather

Notes/analysis: Much of the story just uses “authorities said” without ever specifying which authorities.


Website: Chicagoist

On the Chicagoist, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 9:45 a.m. (PT) Thursday, April 26, was titled “Judge Rules ‘Amazon Tax’ Unconstitutional.”

Here is its breakdown:

Subject:  Social and legal (GMMP No. 35)

Word count: 410

Author: Male

Human sources (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Male, judge
  2. Male, founder and CEO
  3. Unknown, spokesperson

Gender check: 4/24/12 – West

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Website: Los Angeles Times

On LATimes.com, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 9:15 a.m. (PT) Tuesday, April 24, was titled “Report finds wave of Mexican immigration to U.S. has ended.”

Here is its breakdown:

Subject: Social and legal (GMMP No. 31)

Word count: 918

Author: Female (1) and male (1)

Human sources (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Male, co-author of study
  2. Male, sociology professor
  3. Male, spokesman for group that advocates for restricted immigration
  4. Female, immigration attorney


Website: California Watch

California Watch 4/24/2012

On California Watch, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 9:15 a.m. (PT) Tuesday, April 24, was titled “State’s presidential primaries have history of irrelevance.”

Here is its breakdown:

Subject: Politics and government (GMMP No. 4)

Word count: 685

Author: Male

Human sources (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Male, legislative historian and political analyst

Women in journalism: Reading list 4/22/12

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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

–If It’s Sunday, It’s Meet The Republican White Men (Think Progress)

–Happy 8th Birthday to Feministing! (Feministing)

–‘Boys On The Bus’: 40 Years Later, Many Are Girls (NPR)

–Where Are the Women Writers? ASME Chief Responds (Mother Jones)

–What’s With Magazine Journalism and Women? (The Atlantic Wire)

–IWMF Announces 2012 Winners of Women Entrepreneurs in Digital News Frontier Grants (IWMF)

–Hillary’s Hair: More newsworthy than the Summit of the Americas? (WIMN’s Voices)

–Study: Readers value extra editing, women especially (Poynter)

–MaryAnne Golon named Washington Post’s new director of photography (Poynter)

–PulseWire Member Naglaa Seed Ahmed Brutally Beaten by Sudanese Forces (World Pulse)

–Lost in a life outside Syria (Women Under Siege) – About photojournalist Matilde Gattoni

–A 1973 ‘gal’ sports reporter looks back at the era’s journalistic hurdles (Chicago Tribune)

–Sara Ganim, 24, wins Pulitzer for coverage of Penn State sex abuse scandal (Poynter)

–McGill medal winner shares stories of courage with students (Red and Black)

–Joye Patterson remembered as innovator in the field of science journalism at MU  (Missourian)

–Christiane Amanpour: ‘There’s still so much prejudice out there’ (The Guardian)

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: 4/19/12 – Midwest

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Website: Chicago Tribune

On the Chicago Tribune, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 8:15 a.m. (PT) Thursday, April 19, was titled “Chicago home sales, prices surge in March.”

Here is its breakdown:

Subject: Economy: Economic indicators, etc. (GMMP No. 10)

Word count: 237

Author: Female

Human sources (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Female, president of association of Realtors


Website: Chicagoist

Chicagoist, 4/19/2012

On the Chicagoist, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 8:15 a.m. (PT) Thursday, April 19, was titled “Tanlines Are Ready For The Bright Lights.”

Here is its breakdown:

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

Word count: 325

Author: Female

Human sources (listed in order mentioned):

None

Gender check: 4/17/12 – West

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Website: Los Angeles Times

LA Times 4/17/2012

On LATimes.com, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 8:50 a.m. (PT) Tuesday, April 17, was titled “Tax measures may be doomed, but they clarify parties’ goals.”

Here is its breakdown:

Subject: Politics and Government: Other domestic politics, government (GMMP No. 4)

Word count: 780

Author: Female

Human sources (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Male, Senate majority leader
  2. Male, billionaire investor
  3. Male, Republican pollster
  4. Male, House speaker
  5. Male, Senator


Website: California Watch

On California Watch, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 8:50 a.m. (PT) Tuesday, April 17, was titled “Lawmaker, often target of investigations, zeros in on bullet train.”

Here is its breakdown:

Subject: Politics and Government: Other domestic politics, government (GMMP No. 4)

Word count: 970

Author: Male

Human sources (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Male, U.S. representative
  2. Male, president of the stat rail foundation and a bullet train critic.
  3. Male, board chairman