Gender Checks

Gender Check 9/28/11 – Northeast

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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: The New York Times

On The New York Times, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 8 p.m. EST on Wednesday, Sept. 28 was titled “Administration Ask Justices to Rule Quickly on Health Law.” Its subject was the pending decision of the Supreme Court to rule on certain parts of the 2010 health care legislation.

Here is its gender breakdown:

–Author:  Male

–Human sources  (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Male – attorney

Notes/Analysis: most of this story came from statements issued by government groups or agents involved in the case.

Website: ProPublica

On ProPublica, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 8 p.m. EST on Wednesday, September 28 was titled “Corporations Couldn’t Wait to ‘Check the Box’ On Huge Tax Break.” Its subject was a business tax regulation that is under reforms.

Here is its gender breakdown:

–Author: Male and Females

–Human sources  (listed in order mentioned)

  1. Male – director of tax policy group at NYU
  2. Male – international tax counsel for the Treasury
  3. Female – vice president of tax policy for National Foreign Trade Council
  4. Male – tax counsel
  5. Male – professor of tax policy

Notes/Analysis: This story was published in conjunction with the Financial Times. Some of its sources came from courtroom testimony.

Gender check: 9/27/11 – West

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Website: Seattle Times

"Were blast, earlier leaks related?" - Seattle Times, 9/27/2011

On the Seattle Times, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 9:30 a.m. (PDT) Tuesday, Sept. 27, was titled “Were blast, earlier leaks related?.” Its subject was a gas leak in a service line that leads to a house that exploded.

Here is its gender breakdown:

–Author: Males (2)

–Human sources  (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Female, utility company spokeswoman
  2. Male, fire department spokesman
  3. Female, sister of injured woman
  4. Male, state utilities engineer
  5. Female, neighbor
  6. Male, neighbor
  7. Female, neighbor
  8. Female, neighbor
  9. Male, in neighborhood
  10. Male, neighbor

Notes/analysis: The article includes two graphs and a photograph by a male photographer of firefighters where the gender of the subjects cannot be determined.


Website: Seattle P-I

On the Seattle P-I, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 9:30 a.m. (PDT) Tuesday, Sept. 27, was titled “Drunken driving suspected in N. Seattle crash.” Its subject was a crash early in the morning that may have been the result of drinking and driving.

Here is its gender breakdown:

–Author: Male

–Human sources  (listed in order mentioned):

None.

Notes/analysis: The article’s only citations are “Police say.” There are no named sources.

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

Gender check: 9/20/11 – West

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Website: Seattle Times

On the Seattle Times, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 9:15 a.m. (PDT) Tuesday, Sept. 20, was titled “Scammers ‘skimming’ millions from area’s ATMs.” Its subject was the rise of bank card “skimming.”

Here is its gender breakdown:

–Author: Male

–Human sources  (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Female, U.S. attorney

Notes/analysis: A male assistant special agent is mentioned in the story but not quoted. He is also featured in the image with the story.


Website: Seattle P-I

Seattle P-!, 9/20/2011

On the Seattle P-I, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 9:15 a.m. (PDT) Tuesday, Sept. 20, was titled “Prosecutors: Sex offender molested children at Renton church.” Its subject was a male charged with molesting at least a girl at a church and abusing another elsewhere.

Here is its gender breakdown:

–Author: Male

–Human sources  (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Male, senior deputy prosecutor

Gender check: 9/15/11 – Midwest

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

On the Stltoday.com, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 6:45 a.m. (PDT) Thursday, Sept. 15, was titled “Mo. Legislature stuck on local control, Aerotropolis.” Its subject was two issues that hit a snag in the legislature — city control of the police department and a project to make St. Louis a hub for freight flights between China and the Midwest.

Here is its gender breakdown:

–Author: Female and male (shared byline)

–Human sources  (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Female, state senator (D)
  2. Male, state House speaker (R)
  3. Male, state senator (D)
  4. Male, representative of police officers’ group
  5. Male, former president of the city police officers’ association
  6. Male, state senator (R)
  7. Male, state senator (R)

Notes/analysis: Keep in mind that eight of the 34 members of the Missouri Legislature are female.


Website: St. Louis Beacon

St. Louis Beacon, 9/15/2011

On the St. Louis Beacon, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 6:45 a.m. (PDT) Thursday, Sept. 15, was titled “Missouri legislature adjourns special session for week.” Its subject was the same as above, but with a different framing that included the overall economic package containing the freight project.

Here is its gender breakdown:

–Author: Female

–Human sources  (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Male, state Senate president pro tem (R)
  2. Male, state House speaker (R)
  3. Male, state senator (R)

Notes/analysis: The article also quotes a statement from the governor’s office and a statement from a right to life group. The article includes three mug shots, all of men.