Gender Checks

Gender check: 12/13/11 – 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: Seattle Times

"Vancouver pain clinic leaves behind doubts, chaos and deaths" -Seattle Times, 12/13/2011

On the Seattle Times, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 8 a.m. (PST) Tuesday, Dec. 13, was titled “Vancouver pain clinic leaves behind doubts, chaos and deaths.” Its subject was clinic that was associated with painkillers in six overdose deaths and for which the state had received more than 100 complaints.

Here is its gender breakdown:

–Author: Male (2)

–Human sources  (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Female, whose mom died after a fatal overdose of methadone
  2. Female, nurse practitioner at the clinic (founder, key figure)
  3. Unknown, pharmacy manager
  4. Male, medical doctor
  5. Male (quote), medical doctor
  6. Male (quote), medical doctor
  7. Female, lawyer
  8. Female, nurse practitioner at the clinic
  9. Male, lawyer
  10. Male, lawyer

Notes/analysis: The article includes four photos. One photo featured a single female subject. Another was a mugshot of the main female subject. One photo features two male subjects. The other is of a prescription. Photos were by a male photographer.


Website: Seattle P-I

On the Seattle P-I, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 8 a.m. (PST) Tuesday, Dec. 13, was titled “Occupy Seattle protests at port lead to skirmishes, arrests.” Its subject was protesters aimed to shutdown the Port of Seattle.

Here is its gender breakdown:

–Author: Staff

–Human sources  (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Female, port spokeswoman
  2. Male, trucker
  3. Male, witness, legal adviser to the movement
  4. Female, union spokeswoman
  5. Female, port spokeswoman
  6. Male, union president

Notes/analysis: The article includes 28 photos, all by a male photographer.

Gender check: 12/8/11 – 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, 12/8/2011

On Stltoday.com, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 8:25 a.m. (PST) Thursday, Dec. 8, was titled “Pujols to sign with Angels.” Its subject was the Cardinals lose their offensive centerpiece to the Los Angeles Angels.

Here is its gender breakdown:

–Author: Male

–Human sources  (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Unknown, “familiar with the bid”
  2. Male, chief executive, and male, general manager

Notes/analysis: Re: #2: Both men are cited as having “alternated describing their posture as ‘hopeful’ of retaining Pujols.”

 

Website: St. Louis Beacon

On the St. Louis Beacon, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 8:25 a.m. (PST) Thursday, Dec. 8, was titled “Health system reform moves forward despite controversy and legal challenge.” Its subject was health care reform.

Here is its gender breakdown:

–Author: Male

–Human sources  (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Female, acting administrator of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  2. Female, nurse practitioner and professor of nursing
  3. Female, senior vice president at SSM Health Care
  4. Male, regional vice president at SSM Health Care-St. Louis
  5. Female, executive director of area business health coalition
  6. Male, spokesperson for the state hospital association
  7. Female, spokesperson for Missouri Health Connection
  8. Female, project director of the center for health policy at university

Notes/analysis: The article contains three mugshots – two of female sources and one of a male source.

Gender check: 12/6/11 – West

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Website: Seattle Times

On the Seattle Times, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 8:25 a.m. (PST) Tuesday, Dec. 6, was titled “GOP sees expanded gambling as state budget solution.” Its subject was a proposal by Republicans to let nontribal casinos have the same slot machines as tribal casinos in an effort to raise the money to solve the budget shortfall.

Here is its gender breakdown:

–Author:  Shared (Male and female)

–Human sources  (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Male, state representative (R)
  2. Female, governor
  3. Male, chairman of the Swinomish Tribe
  4. Male, state senator (R)
  5. Male, chairman of gaming association
  6. Male, casino owner

Notes/analysis: The article includes an image, that names a female visible, and two mugshots, one of a female source and one of a male source.


Website: Seattle P-I

'Man held after fatal North Seattle stabbing" - Seattle P-I 12/6/2011

On the Seattle P-I, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 8:25 a.m. (PST) Tuesday, Dec. 6, was titled “Man held after fatal North Seattle stabbing.” Its subject was the fatal stabbing of a woman by her fiance’s roommate after he was told he could no longer live there.

Here is its gender breakdown:

–Author: Male

–Human sources  (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Female, neighbor
  2. Male, detective

Gender Check 12/5/11 – South

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Website: The Miami Herald

On the Miami Herald, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 8:30 p.m. (EST) on Monday, Dec. 5 was “Miami-Dade Director Reinvents P.E.”. Its subject was an overhaul of the school system’s physical education courses.

Here is its gender breakdown:

–Author: Female

–Human sources (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Female – assistant superintendent
  2. Female – teacher
  3. Female – professor
  4. Male – athletic coach

Notes/Analysis: The photo accompanying this article was of the two female students rock climbing.

Website: Patch (Seminole Heights)

On Patch of Seminole Heights, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 8:30 p.m. (EST) on Monday, Dec. 5 was titled “Tis the Season to Give a Fruitcake?.” Its subject was the socially acceptable times, or lack thereof, to gift this holiday tradition.

Here is its gender breakdown:

–Author: Male

–Human sources (listed in order mentioned)

none

Gender check: 12/1/11 – 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 8:40 a.m. (PST) Thursday, Dec. 1, was titled “Pickup driver killed after slamming into firetruck on I-70 in St. Peters.” Its subject was the death of a man whose truck crashed into the back of a firetruck.

Here is its gender breakdown:

–Author:  Female

–Human sources (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Male, assistant fire chief
  2. Female, aunt of the deceased


Website: St. Louis Beacon

St. Louis Beacon, 12/1/2011

On the St. Louis Beacon, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 8:40 a.m. (PST) Thursday, Dec. 1 was titled “Judges unveil new boundary lines for Missouri House and Senate.” Its subject was redistricting for the state legislature.

Here is its gender breakdown:

–Author:  Female

–Human sources  (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Male, aide to female state senator
  2. Female, judge who headed commission
  3. Male, union official
  4. Male, former state House speaker
  5. Male, Republican consultant

Notes/analysis: The article includes six mugshots — four of males and two of females.