Women in journalism: Reading list 3/31/12

The Gender Report provides a weekly round-up of links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. The links below are to noteworthy articles on topics related to women in journalism and the media during the past week. Articles included in this feature do not necessarily reflect the views of The Gender Report or its writers. View past week’s round-ups here.

Reading List

WMC Releases Media Guide for Gender Neutral Coverage of Women Candidates and Politicians (Women’s Media Center)

JAWS members offer interview tips (Journalism & Women Symposium)

OU will use alumna’s endowment for scholarships for female journalists (The Oklahoma Daily)

Miriam O’Reilly: There was seething resentment when I went back to BBC (The Guardian)

Joanne Zerkel remembered as ‘a champion for women’  (Southtown Star)

Priscilla L. Buckley, steward of conservative National Review and sister of William, dies (Washington Post)

Rachel Maddow: The Fresh Air Interview (NPR)

Christiane Amanpour Returns To CNN: Network Releases New Promo For ‘Amanpour’ (Huffington Post)

From waitressing to writing for The New York Times (Community College Success)

For a Week, Couric Will Co-Host ‘Good Morning America’ (New York Times)

Journalist/Multi-Tasker Sarah Tressler Gives First Interview Since Being Outed as a Stripper (Jezebel)

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Gender check: 3/29/12 – Midwest

*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: Chicago Tribune

On the Chicago Tribune, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 8:50 a.m. (PT) Thursday, March 29, was titled “Best Buy sales, restructuring disappoint.”

Here is its breakdown:

Subject: Economy: Economic indicators, stats, etc. (GMMP No. 10)

Word count: 604

Author: Female

Human sources (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Male, analyst
  2. Male, analyst
  3. Male, chief executive


Website: Chicagoist

On the Chicagoist, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 8:50 a.m. (PT) Thursday, March 29, was titled “Illinois—Finally—Gets Its Man.”

Here is its breakdown:

Subject: Celebrity, arts, media, sports: Sports, events, players, facilities, training, funding (GMMP No. 49)

Word count: 465

Author: Male

Human sources (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Male, sports writer

Gender Check 3/28/12 – Northeast

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: Boston Globe (Boston.com)

On Boston.com, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 3 p.m. (EST) Wednesday, March 28, was titled “MBTA unveils 23 percent fare hike; limited service cuts also proposed.”

Here is its breakdown:

Subject:  Politics and Government: other domestic politics (Global Media Monitoring Project No. 4)

Word count: 909

Author: Male

Human sources (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Male – secretary of transportation
  2. Male – governor

Website: Open Media Boston

At the time of this post at 3 p.m. EST, the site had not posted new content since last week’s Gender Check.

Gender check: 3/27/12 – West

*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

LATimes.com, 3/27/2012

On the LATimes.com, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 7 a.m. (PT) Tuesday, March 27, was titled “Healthcare, Day 2: Supreme Court argument turns to insurance mandate.

Here is its breakdown:

Subject: Social and legal: Legal system, judicary, legislation apart from family (GMMP No. 35)

Word count: 558

Author: Male (2)

Human sources (listed in order mentioned):

None.


Website: California Watch

On California Watch, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 7 a.m. (PT) Tuesday, March 27, was titled “Want to lose weight? Add chocolate to diet, study suggests.”

Here is its breakdown:

Subject: Science and health: Science, technology, research, discoveries (GMMP No. 19)

Word count: 397

Author: Female

Human sources (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Female, researcher

Gender Check 3/26/12 – South

*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: Atlanta Journal-Constitution

On The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 8 p.m. EST on Monday, March 26, was titled “Cheating our Children: AJC’s testing investigation spurs action.

Here is its breakdown:

Subject:  Social and Legal: Education (Global Media Monitoring Project 27)

Word count: 1,133

Author: Male

Human sources (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Male – U.S. Senator
  2. Female – teacher’s union president
  3. Male – special investigator
  4. Male – urban superintendent
  5. Male – urban superintendent
  6. Male – AJC editor
  7. Female – parent

Website: Patch Buckhead

On Patch Buckhead, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 8 p.m. EST on Monday, March 26, was titled “School board will vote up and down on APS plan.

Here is its breakdown:

Subject: Social and Legal – education (Global Media Monitoring Project No. 27)

Word count: 533

Author: Male

Human sources (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Male – school board chairman
  2. Male – group representative
  3. Female – school board member
  4. Female – PTA president
  5. Female – PTA president