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These are Gender Checks of two news sites from the West — The Seattle Times and the Seattle P-I.

Gender check: 6/12/12 – 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: Los Angeles Times

On LATimes.com, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 10 a.m. (PT) Tuesday, June 12, was titled “State lawmakers will start moving budget plan through Legislature.”

Here is its breakdown:

Subject: Politics and government (GMMP No. 4)

Word count: 755

Author: Male (2)

Human sources (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Male, Assembly Budget Committee Chairman
  2. Female, spokeswoman
  3. Male, spokesman
  4. Male and female (joint statement), Senate and House Republican leaders
  5. Male, Democratic strategist
  6. Male, Senate President Pro Tem
  7. Male, governor
  8. Male, lobbyist


Website: California Watch

On California Watch, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 10 a.m. (PT) Tuesday, June 12, was titled “Seismic regulator must improve building plan oversight.”

Here is its breakdown:

Subject: Social and legal (GMMP No. 27)

Word count: 688

Author:  Male

Human sources (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Male, director of the Department of General Services
  2. Female, Senate Majority Leader
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Gender check: 6/5/12 – West

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Website: Los Angeles Times

On LATimes.com, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 9:30 a.m. (PT) Tuesday, June 5, was titled “Californians to test new primary system.”

Here is its breakdown:

Subject: Politics and government (GMMP No. 4)

Word count: 803

Author: Male (2)

Human sources (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Male, political scientist


Website: California Watch

California Watch, 6/5/2012

On California Watch, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 9:30 a.m. (PT) Tuesday, June 5, was titled “Oakland school accused of abuse is overbilling taxpayers, records show.”

Here is its breakdown:

Subject: Social and legal (GMMP No. 27)

Word count: 3,396

Author: Male

Human sources (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Male, former student
  2. Male, former student
  3. Male, teacher and church leader
  4. Female, former teacher
  5. Male, fire department inspector
  6. Female, former student
  7. Male, spokesman for unified school district
  8. Female, education programs consultant for the department of education
  9. Male, oversees private school funding
  10. Male, former student
  11. Female, former student
  12. Female, mom of former students
  13. Male, former student
  14. Female, mom of former student
  15. Female, police department spokeswoman
  16. Male, spokesman for the state Department of Consumer Affairs
  17. Female, executive director of organization that funds scholarships for low-income students
  18. Female, grandmother of former student
  19. Male, father of student
  20. Female, student

Gender check: 5/29/12 – West

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Website: Los Angeles Times

On LATimes.com, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 5:10 p.m. (PT) Tuesday, May 29, was titled “Obama camp takes aim at Romney’s ties to Trump.”

Here is its breakdown:

Subject: Politics and government (GMMP No. 4)

Word count: 370

Author: Female

Human sources (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Female, deputy campaign manager
  2. Male, GOP presidential candidate


Website: California Watch

On California Watch, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 5:10 p.m. (PT) Tuesday, May 29, was titled “Texas firm targets Calif. homeowners with foreclosed 2nd mortgages.”

Here is its breakdown:

Subject: Economy (GMMP No. 16)

Word count: 2,721

Author: Male

Human sources (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Male
  2. Male
  3. Male, lawyer in class-action suit
  4. Male, chief executive and main owner
  5. Female
  6. Unknown, judge
  7. Unknown, lawyer
  8. Male, attorney

Gender check: 5/22/12 – West

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Website: Los Angeles Times

On LATimes.com, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 10:50 a.m. (PT) Tuesday, May 22, was titled “Ann Romney and dressage: A pricey private world.”

Here is its breakdown:

Subject: Politics and government (GMMP No. 4)

Word count: 1,309

Author: Female

Human sources (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Female, subject
  2. Female, spokeswoman
  3. Female, woman who bought horse
  4. Female, attorney


Website: California Watch

On California Watch, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 10:50 a.m. (PT) Tuesday, May 22, was titled “Overtime pay soars for state-run police force.”

Here is its breakdown:

Subject: Politics and government (GMMP No. 7)

Word count: 2,651

Author: Male (2)

Human sources (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Male, entry level patrolman
  2. Male, commander
  3. Male, lobbyist
  4. Male, former chief of investigations
  5. Male, former detective
  6. Male, captain
  7. Male, criminal justice consultant

Gender check: 5/15/12 – West

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Website: Los Angeles Times

On LATimes.com, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 7:25 a.m. (PT) Tuesday, May 15, was titled “Rebekah Brooks, five others to be charged in phone-hacking case.”

Here is its breakdown:

Subject: Crime and violence (GMMP No. 37)

Word count: 389

Author: Male

Human sources (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Female and Male (statement from couple charged)
  2. Female prosecutor


Website: California Watch

California Watch, 5/15/2012

On California Watch, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 7:25 a.m. (PT) Tuesday, May 15, was titled “Issa blasts costly airport-security machines languishing in storage.”

Here is its breakdown:

Subject: Politics and government (GMMP No. 7)

Word count: 711

Author: Male

Human sources (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Male, Congressman
  2. Male, Transportation Security Administration’s top financial official
  3. Male, auditor