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Women in journalism: Reading list 3/18/12

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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

–Zimbabwe’s Female Journalists Get U.S. Backing to Promote Equity in The Newsrooms (Voice of America)

–Female journalists offer students insights (The National) – a panel discussion as part of the Women as Global Leaders conference hosted by Zayed University

–#jpod – Gender and conflict journalism: How far have we come? (Journalism.co.uk)

–Scripps Howard Awards announced (Poynter)

–Her Rightful Place (Insider Higher Ed) – female philosophers and the New York Times’ obits

–Reporting on conflict: ‘No-brainer that women are out there’ (Journalism.co.uk)

–Are Book Publishers To Blame For Gender Discrimination? (Huffington Post)

–Future of Feminism: No More Media Sexualization of Women (Ms. Blog)

–Alice C. Steinbach, Pulitzer Prize winner, dies at 78 (Baltimore Sun)

–In Liberia, reporting on genital mutilation draws threats (CPJ)

–Liberia: IFJ Calls On Govt to Protect Threatened Female Journalist (AllAfrica)

–Azerbaijan journalist ‘blackmailed’ with explicit video (The New Age)

–Man arrested in connection to assault on journalist (INSI)

–Marie Colvin: Mourners say farewell to ‘talented, compassionate’ war reporter (The Guardian)

–Jill Abramson on the NYT as local vs. international paper: ‘We can have it all’ (Poynter)

–‘WSJ’ hires away ‘New York Times’ social media editor Liz Heron (Capital New York)

We encourage readers to submit suggestions of articles to include in future editions of this feature by sending an email to genderreport[at]gmail.com. For links to articles like these throughout the week, follow @GenderReport on Twitter.

Women in journalism: Reading list 2/13/12

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The Gender Report is now providing 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.

-REPORT: By A Nearly 2 To 1 Margin, Cable Networks Call On Men Over Women To Comment On Birth Control (Think Progress)

-Four Tips for Male Journalists Who Want to Discuss Women’s Health (Alyssa Rosenberg at Think Progress)

-Sunday Shows Overwhelmingly White And Male: Study (Huffington Post – Media)

-A Painterly World Press Photo Winner: “We seldom see veiled women in this way, at such an intimate moment.” (Lens – New York Times photo blog)

-BBC ‘got it wrong on women’ (The Guardian)

-The grammar of assault: Salisbury paper learns why ‘performing a sex act’ misrepresents the crime (Poynter)

-Cal Thomas Apologizes To Rachel Maddow For Contraception Comment (Huffington Post – Media)

-In the New York Times, Sheryl Sandberg Is Lucky, Men Are Good (Rebecca Rosen for The Atlantic)

-Finding ‘Life, Death And Hope’ In A Mumbai Slum: Interview with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Katherine Boo (NPR’s Fresh Air)

-When did The New York Times first get…[a woman reporter with a desk in the newsroom]? (Poynter)

-What it’s like to cover ‘unbearable’ stories of rape in Congo (by Lynsey Addario for Women Under Siege, a project to document sexualized violence in conflict. The project’s website launched this week.)

-From darkness, dignity: Why sexualized violence must move from the shadows (by Lara Logan for Women Under Siege)

-$20K grants available for female-driven digital journalism start-ups (10,000 Words)

-Help PhD research into women in journalism (Journalism.co.uk)

Articles included in this feature do not necessarily reflect the views of The Gender Report or its writers. We encourage readers to submit suggestions of articles to include in future editions of this feature by sending an email to genderreport@gmail.com. For links to articles like these throughout the week, follow @GenderReport on Twitter.

Looking back: Top posts of the year

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This month marks a year since we founded The Gender Report. We’re taking a brief pause from our regular content this week while we gear up for our week-long celebration starting Jan. 29, in which we’ll share findings and commentary from our year-long studies and projects. In the meantime, review what we’ve been up to for the past 12 months by checking out the top five most read posts from our first year.

1. Where are the women in the Romenesko discussion?

Our most read post this year came in November 2011, when journalism industry icon Jim Romenesko resigned. We looked at the gender breakdown of those commenting on, discussing or writing about this announcement and the preceding allegations by the Poynter Institute.

2. Women breaking journalism’s glass ceiling: The ascent of Jill Abramson and others

This Week in Review from June 2011 highlighted women who were moving up the ranks in journalism. This included the announcement that Jill Abramson would be the new executive editor of The New York Times, the first woman to fill that spot in the paper’s 160-year history.

3. Week in Review: Women journalists in the news

The No. 3 post was a Week in Review from December 2011 in which we provided a round-up of stories about women in journalism ranging from the treatment of female journalists abroad to recent studies and discussions about women in newsroom leadership.

4. New study: Women hold less than one-third of top news media jobs

Our write-up on the International Women’s Media Foundation’s “The Global Report on the Status of Women in the News Media” was our fourth most popular post. The study, which looked at more than 500 companies in nearly 60 countries, was released in March 2011.

5. Examining gender representations in the New Media Index

The introduction of our year-long study monitoring articles in the Project for Excellence in Journalism’s New Media Index was our fifth most read post. This write-up included findings from the first four months of the study. Final results on the full year of this project will be released next week.

Gender Check 1/11/12 – Northeast

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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: The New York Times

On The New York Times, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 10 p.m. (EST) Wednesday, Jan. 11, was titled “Adversaries of Iran Said to Be Stepping Up Covert Actions.” Its subject was a supposed Israeli campaign against Iran’s development of a nuclear program.

Here is its gender breakdown:

–Author: Male

–Human sources  (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Male – National Security Council spokesman
  2. Female – secretary of state
  3. Male – Israeli military spokesman (as quoted from an online posting)
  4. Male – Iran expert
  5. Male – policy director
  6. Male – unnamed Israeli security officer
  7. Male – Iranian ambassador to the U.N.
  8. Male – professor
  9. Male – professor

Website: ProPublica

On ProPublica, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 10 p.m. (EST) Wednesday, Jan. 11, was titled “Underwater Homeowners May Swim Freely.” Its subject was an upcoming journal article arguing against current assumptions about the safety of certain home loans.

Here is its gender breakdown:

–Author:  Female

–Human sources  (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Male – economist with the Federal Reserve
  2. Male – economist

Gender check: 1/4/12 – Northeast

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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: The New York Times

On The New York Times, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 8:40 p.m. (PST) Wednesday, Jan. 4, was titled “Romney Takes a Victory Lap as Santorum Plays Catch-Up.” Its subject was the GOP presidential candidate race.

Here is its gender breakdown:

–Author: Male (2)

–Human sources  (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Male, GOP candidate
  2. Male, GOP candidate
  3. Male, campaign manager
  4. Male, who runs a super PAC
  5. Male, money manager
  6. Male, GOP candidate
  7. Male, GOP candidate
  8. Male, president of conservative group
  9. Male, president of conservative group


Website: ProPublica

On ProPublica, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 8:40 p.m. (PST) Wednesday, Jan. 4, was titled “Our Guide to the Best Coverage on Rick Santorum and His Record.” Its subject was round-up of coverage on one of the GOP presidential candidates.

Here is its gender breakdown:

–Author:  Female

–Human sources  (listed in order mentioned):

  1. Male, GOP candidate

Notes/analysis: The guide mainly quotes and cites other articles and coverage.