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.

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 12: Sept. 16, 2012 – Sept. 22, 2012

California Watch

• Percent by women: 54.5%
• Percent by men: 45.5%
• Percent shared (both male and female authors): 0%
• Percent by other*: 0%

The Center for Public Integrity

• Percent by women: 34.5%
• Percent by men: 44.8%
• Percent shared: 6.9%
• Percent by other*: 13.8%

Politico – “2012 Live“

• Percent by women: 21.9%
• Percent by men: 64.2%
• Percent shared:  6%
• Percent by other*: 7.8%

ProPublica

• Percent by women: 16.7%
• Percent by men: 66.7%
• Percent shared: 16.7%
• Percent by other*: 0%

Slate

• Percent by women: 26.4%
• Percent by men: 68.1%
• Percent shared: 3.3%
• Percent by other*: 2.2%

Texas Tribune

• Percent by women: 21.7%
• Percent by men: 78.3%
• Percent shared: 0%
• 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.

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 11: Sept. 9, 2012 – Sept. 15, 2012

California Watch

• Percent by women: 36.4%
• Percent by men: 54.5%
• Percent shared (both male and female authors): 9.1%
• Percent by other*: 0%

The Center for Public Integrity

• Percent by women: 18.5%
• Percent by men: 44.4%
• Percent shared: 11.1%
• Percent by other*: 26.9%

Politico – “2012 Live“

• Percent by women: 26.8%
• Percent by men: 60.5%
• Percent shared:  5.1%
• Percent by other*: 7.6%

ProPublica

• Percent by women: 42.9%
• Percent by men: 42.9%
• Percent shared: 0%
• Percent by other*: 14.3%

Slate

• Percent by women: 26.2%
• Percent by men: 68.8%
• Percent shared: 3.8%
• Percent by other*: 1.2%
• Note: One link was dead and not included in the total.

Texas Tribune

• Percent by women: 24.5%
• Percent by men: 75.5%
• Percent shared: 0%
• 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.

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 10: Sept. 2, 2012 – Sept. 8, 2012

California Watch

• Percent by women: 27.3%
• Percent by men: 72.7%
• Percent shared (both male and female authors): 0%
• Percent by other*: 0%

The Center for Public Integrity

• Percent by women: 35.7%
• Percent by men: 57.1%
• Percent shared: 7.1%
• Percent by other*: 0%

Politico – “2012 Live“

• Percent by women: 25.7%
• Percent by men: 64.7%
• Percent shared:  4.4%
• Percent by other*: 5.1%

ProPublica

• Percent by women: 40%
• Percent by men: 60%
• Percent shared: 0%
• Percent by other*: 0%

Slate

• Percent by women: 25.9%
• Percent by men: 71.3%
• Percent shared: 1.9%
• Percent by other*: 0.9%

Texas Tribune

• Percent by women: 42.4%
• Percent by men: 54.5%
• Percent shared: 1.5%
• Percent by other*: 1.5%
• 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.

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 9: Aug. 26, 2012 – Sept. 1, 2012

California Watch

• Percent by women: 56.3%
• Percent by men: 37.5%
• Percent shared (both male and female authors): 6.3%
• Percent by other*: 0%

The Center for Public Integrity

• Percent by women: 37.5%
• Percent by men: 62.5%
• Percent shared: 0%
• Percent by other*: 0%

Politico – “2012 Live“

• Percent by women: 28.3%
• Percent by men: 63.1%
• Percent shared:  4.5%
• Percent by other*: 4%

ProPublica

• Percent by women: 40%
• Percent by men: 60%
• Percent shared: 0%
• Percent by other*: 0%

Slate

• Percent by women: 23.4%
• Percent by men: 73.4%
• Percent shared: 2.1%
• Percent by other*: 1.1%
• Note: One link was dead and was not counted in the total.

Texas Tribune

• Percent by women: 29.7%
• Percent by men: 68.8%
• Percent shared: 1.6%
• 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.