*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 the LATimes.com, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 7:50 a.m. (PT) Tuesday, April 10, was titled “Obama to step up push for ‘Buffett Rule’ as Tax Day approaches.”
Here is its breakdown:
Subject: Politics and Government: Other domestic politics, government (GMMP No. 4)
Word count: 556
Author: Female
Human sources (listed in order mentioned):
- Male, investor
- Male, spokesman
- Male, economist
- Male, campaign manager
- Female, campaign spokeswoman
Website: California Watch
On California Watch, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 7:50 a.m. (PT) Tuesday, April 10, was titled “Neglected for decades, unincorporated communities lack basic public services.”
Here is its breakdown:
Subject: Science and Health: Medicine, health, hygiene, safety (GMMP No. 20)
Word count: 3,558
Author: Female
Human sources (listed in order mentioned):
- Female, community college student and member of advisory council
- Male, longtime community advocate
- Male, assemblyman
- Male, county supervisor
- Female, county director of environmental resources
- Male, resident
- Female, assistant professor of anthropology
- Male, county board of supervisors
- Female, wife of retired date palm worker
- Male, resident
- Male, whose family owns the park
- Male, retired staff director for the state Senate Governance and Finance Committee
- Female, resident and “neighborhood matriarch”
- Male, city councilman
- Male, truck driver and resident
- Female, resident
- Male, director of institute for public finance and infrastructure policy at university
- Male, emergency room physician and founder of healthcare initiative
- Male, assemblyman
Notes/analysis: The article includes three images — two are of males, one is of a female.
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