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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: 5/3/11 – West

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Website: Seattle Times

On the Seattle Times, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 1:20 p.m. (MST) Tuesday, May 3, was titled “Urban League’s financial crisis worsens; acting CEO out.” Its subject was a civil rights non-profit facing a financial crisis.

Here is its gender breakdown:

–Author: Male

–Human sources  (listed in order mentioned):

1. Male, chief executive in an email

2. Male, city director of finance and administrative services

Notes/analysis: The predominate source in the story is statements from the Urban League.


Website: Seattle P-I

On the Seattle P-I, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 1:20 p.m. (MST) Tuesday, May 3, was titled “State: Seattle nurse diverted drugs 100 times from hospitals.” Its subject was a male nurse with previous convictions who was taking drugs from hospitals he was working at.

Here is its gender breakdown:

–Author: Female

–Human sources  (listed in order mentioned):

1. Female, disciplinary manager, nursing commission

Gender check: 4/26/11 – West

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Website: Seattle Times

On the Seattle Times, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 1 p.m. (MST) Tuesday, April 26, was titled “Boeing still struggling with 787.” Its subject was struggles in the progress of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner program. The first planes are scheduled to be delivered at the end of September.

Here is its gender breakdown:

–Author: Male

–Human sources  (listed in order mentioned):

1. Male, mechanic (not named)

2. Female, spokeswoman

3. Unknown, engineer (not named)

4. Unknown, employee (not named)

Notes/analysis: This story had an interesting mix of an official source and a number of employees who spoke anonymously as the company does not allow them to comment on their work. In two out of three cases, that meant that employee’s gender was not discernible.


Website: Seattle P-I

On the Seattle P-I, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 1 p.m. (MST) Tuesday, April 26, was titled “Home prices continue to slide nationwide; more so in Seattle.” Its subject was a new housing report that shows prices at Seattle at their lowest since 2004.

Here is its gender breakdown:

–Author: Female

–Human sources  (listed in order mentioned):

1. Male, chairman of group’s committee

2. Male, economist

Gender check: 4/19/11 – West

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Website: Seattle Times

On the Seattle Times, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 1:30 p.m. (MST) Tuesday, April 19, was titled “Volunteer cleanup in parks seen by city union as threat.” Its subject was union officials for city parks-maintenance works raising concerns about offers of a local businessman for his company to do volunteer cleanup work.

Here is its gender breakdown:

–Author: Female

–Human sources  (listed in order mentioned):

1. Male, president trash-collection company

2. Male, attorney for union

3. Male, spokesman for mayor

4. Male, business agent for union

5. Female, chief of staff for mayor (via letter)

6. Male, acting HR director for transportation department (via letter)

7. Male, acting parks superintendent

Notes/analysis: The only female mentioned in this story is quoted from a letter that the union got a hold of that was sent to a male transportation director.


Website: Seattle P-I

On the Seattle P-I, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 1:30 p.m. (MST) Tuesday, April 19, was titled “Charge: Despondent Kent man pointed rifle at police before he was shot.” Its subject was charges against a man who was shot by police after being armed with an assault rifle and pointing it at one of the officers.

Here is its gender breakdown:

–Author: Male

–Human sources  (listed in order mentioned):

1.Male, detective

2. Female, senior deputy prosecuting attorney

Gender check: 4/12/11 – West

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Website: Seattle Times

On the Seattle Times, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 1 p.m. (MST) Tuesday, April 12, was titled “Seattle won’t get shuttle — but will get full-size simulator.” Its subject was news that Seattle’s Museum of Flight would not be getting a space shuttle but would get a full-fuselage shuttle trainer.

Here is its gender breakdown:

–Author: Male

–Human sources  (listed in order mentioned):

1. Male, NASA administrator

2. Female, former astronaut who led effort

3. Female, U.S. senator

4. Male, U.S. representative

5. Female, Washington governor

6. Male, Museum of Flight president and CEO

Notes/analysis: This article had an even split of male and female sources.


Website: Seattle P-I

On the Seattle P-I, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 1 p.m. (MST) Tuesday, April 12, was titled “Charges dropped against men accused in Ballard fight with off-duty Seattle officer.” Its subject was about prosecutors dropping charges against three males accused of fighting a male off-duty police officer. The men claim they saw a man “accosting” a woman and were moving to intervene while the officer said he was following and confronting a woman who had tried to steal his coat.

Here is its gender breakdown:

–Author: Male

–Human sources  (listed in order mentioned):

1. Detective (unknown)

2. Male, defense attorney

3. Female, U.S. attorney

Gender check: 4/5/11 – West

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Website: Seattle Times

On the Seattle Times, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 12:15 p.m. (MST) Tuesday, April 5, was titled “Southwest 737 fuselage ruptured in unlikely place.” Its subject was a look at fuselage issues like that found in the Southwest aircraft that had to take an emergency landing Friday after an in-flight rupture.

Here is its gender breakdown:

–Author: Male

–Human sources  (listed in order mentioned):

1. Male, expert on metal-aircraft structures and retired engineer

2. Male, airline spokesman

3. Male, National Transportation Safety Board member

4. Male, company president

5. Male, transportation secretary

Notes/analysis: No female sources in this week’s article.


Website: Seattle P-I

On the Seattle P-I, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 12:15 p.m. (MST) Tuesday, April 5, was titled “State keeps list of where DUI suspects say they drank.” Its subject was a look at the “Worst Offenders List,” a list of places where DUI suspects claim to have had their latest drink.

Here is its gender breakdown:

–Author: Male

–Human sources  (listed in order mentioned):

1. Female, State Liquor Control Board spokeswoman

Notes/analysis: The article mostly cites information from the database. Also, the Seattle P-I has a different look this week. Apparent redesign?