Midwest

These are Gender Checks of two sites from the Midwest — St. Louis Post-Dispatch and St. Louis Beacon.

Gender check: 10/20/11 – 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: St. Louis Post-Dispatch (stltoday.com)

Stltoday.com, 10/20/2011

On Stltoday.com, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 10:10 a.m. (PDT) Thursday, Oct. 20, was titled “Prep work at Busch Stadium begins before dawn.” Its subject was a day in the life of the stadium.

Here is its gender breakdown:

–Author: Male and female shared byline

–Human sources  (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Male, stadium worker
  2. Male, regional executive chef
  3. Female, executive chef
  4. Male, chef
  5. Male, stadium worker
  6. Male, Rangers fan
  7. Male, Rangers fan
  8. Male, camera operator
  9. Male, ballpark cam tech
  10. Male, stadium worker, deliverer
  11. Male, district sales manager
  12. Male, senior VP for standards and on-field operations
  13. Male, one-man ticket brokerage
  14. Male, autograph hunter
  15. Male, baseball writer
  16. Male, camped out
  17. Male, broadcaster
  18. Male, special instructor coach

Notes/analysis: This article goes to show what a man’s world baseball must be. However, two of three photos with people who can be identified feature females.


Website: St. Louis Beacon

On the St. Louis Beacon, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 10:10 a.m. (PDT) Thursday, Oct. 20, was titled “McCaskill presses Pentagon to make changes to curb wasteful contracting.” Its subject was pressure put on to put into place recommendations regarding fraud and waste in wartime contracting.

Here is its gender breakdown:

–Author: Male

–Human sources  (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Female, U.S. senator (D)
  2. Male, Pentagon undersecretary in charge of acquisition
  3. Male, joint staffs logistics director
  4. Male and female (joint statement), contracting commission members

Notes/analysis: The article includes one mug shot, of the main female source.

Gender check: 10/13/11 – Midwest

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Website: St. Louis Post-Dispatch (stltoday.com)

"Missouri legislators pledge to push child care safety" - Stltoday.com, 10/13/2011

On Stltoday.com, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 9:40 a.m. (PDT) Thursday, Oct. 13, was titled “Missouri legislators pledge to push child care safety.” Its subject was a pledge by legislators to put two child care safety measures up in the next session.

Here is its gender breakdown:

–Author: Female

–Human sources  (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Male, state senator (R)
  2. Female, state representative (D)
  3. Male, governor
  4. Female, former state representative (R)
  5. Male, state representative (R)
  6. Female, chief executive officer of Child Care Aware of Missouri

Notes/analysis: The article notes that this response came after a series by the Post-Dispatch that “detailed 45 mostly preventable deaths in Missouri child care facilities from 2007 through 2010.” That series is called “Deadly Day Cares.”


Website: St. Louis Beacon

On the St. Louis Beacon, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 9:40 a.m. (PDT) Thursday, Oct. 13, was titled “Internship program helps introduce high school students to world of work.” It was a feature on an internship program that is getting ready to celebrate 20 years.

Here is its gender breakdown:

–Author: Male

–Human sources  (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Male, lawyer (program’s inspiration)
  2. Female, program director
  3. Female, junior (participant)
  4. Male, with company involved with the program

Notes/analysis: Article includes two mugshots, both of the story’s female sources.

Gender check: 10/6/11 – Midwest

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Website: St. Louis Post-Dispatch (stltoday.com)

On Stltoday.com, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 7:20 a.m. (PDT) Thursday, Oct. 6, was titled “Downtown part of 1-70 to close this weekend.” Its subject was details on a stretch of the interstate being closed this weekend to demolish a bridge.

Here is its gender breakdown:

–Author: Male

–Human sources  (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Male, project director


Website: St. Louis Beacon

St. Louis Beacon, 10/6/2011

On the St. Louis Beacon, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 7:20 a.m. (PDT) Thursday, Oct. 6, was titled “Lieutenant governor’s race is starting to draw a crowd.” Its subject was the lieutenant governor’s race in Missouri.

Here is its gender breakdown:

–Author: Male

–Human sources  (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Male, political science professor
  2. Male, House speaker, candidate (R)
  3. Female, Democratic Party chairwoman, candidate
  4. Female, spokeswoman for the Department of Agriculture
  5. Female, third-party candidate

Notes/analysis: Neither of the two Democratic candidates (both women) had direct quotes in the story.

Gender check: 9/29/11 – Midwest

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Website: St. Louis Post-Dispatch (stltoday.com)

“GM contract clears national union vote; local vote next” – Stltoday.com, 9/29/2011

On Stltoday.com, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 9:25 a.m. (PDT) Thursday, Sept. 29, was titled “GM contract clears national union vote; local vote next.” Its subject was approval of a four-year contract of the United Auto Workers with General Motors and the next step for a local assembly plant.

Here is its gender breakdown:

–Author: Female

–Human sources  (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Male, UAW communications coordinator

Notes/analysis: The photo with the story features a female assembly worker. The image is taken by a male photographer.


Website: St. Louis Beacon

On the St. Louis Beacon, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 9:25 a.m. (PDT) Thursday, Sept. 29, was titled “‘Call Me Tom’ gives Eagleton credit for leadership, humanity.” Its subject was a new book about a former U.S. senator from Missouri (male) and the vice presidential candidate to be ejected from a national ticket.

Here is its gender breakdown:

–Author: Male

–Human sources  (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Male, historian (author)

Gender check: 9/22/11 – Midwest

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Website: St. Louis Post-Dispatch (stltoday.com)

"Metro East prosecutor announces crackdown on bad cops" - Stltoday.com, 9/22/2011

On Stltoday.com, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 9:20 a.m. (PDT) Thursday, Sept. 22, was titled “Metro East prosecutor announces crackdown on bad cops.” Its subject was seven police officers arrested on a variety of charges as part of a crackdown.

Here is its gender breakdown:

–Author: Male (3)

–Human sources  (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Male, county state’s attorney
  2. Male, victim in one of the cases

Notes/analysis: Three of the seven arrested are female.


Website: St. Louis Beacon

On the St. Louis Beacon, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 9:20 a.m. (PDT) Thursday, Sept. 22, was titled “Consumers, pharmacists, lawmakers weigh in on Express Scripts merger plan.” Its subject was opinions on a mega-merger of two pharmacy benefit managers.

Here is its gender breakdown:

–Author: Male

–Human sources  (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Male, chief executive at one company
  2. Male, counterpart at other company
  3. Male, pharmacy executive on behalf of a national association
  4. Male, pharmacist and member of association of independent, local pharmacies
  5. Male, U.S. senator