*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)
On Stltoday.com, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 7:20 a.m. (PDT) Thursday, Oct. 6, was titled “Downtown part of 1-70 to close this weekend.” Its subject was details on a stretch of the interstate being closed this weekend to demolish a bridge.
Here is its gender breakdown:
–Author: Male
–Human sources (listed in order mentioned):
- Male, project director
Website: St. Louis Beacon
On the St. Louis Beacon, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 7:20 a.m. (PDT) Thursday, Oct. 6, was titled “Lieutenant governor’s race is starting to draw a crowd.” Its subject was the lieutenant governor’s race in Missouri.
Here is its gender breakdown:
–Author: Male
–Human sources (listed in order mentioned):
- Male, political science professor
- Male, House speaker, candidate (R)
- Female, Democratic Party chairwoman, candidate
- Female, spokeswoman for the Department of Agriculture
- Female, third-party candidate
Notes/analysis: Neither of the two Democratic candidates (both women) had direct quotes in the story.
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