Seattle P-I

Gender check: 5/24/11 – West

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On the Seattle Times, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 11:20 a.m. (PST) Tuesday, May 24, was titled “1.9% teacher pay cut: Lawmakers strike budget deal.” Its subject was a plan for pay cuts in education announced.

Here is its gender breakdown:

–Author: Male

–Human sources  (listed in order mentioned):

1. Male, committee chairman

Notes/analysis: The article mostly detailed the budget agreement, without much comment at this time from lawmakers and none yet from those affected.


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On the Seattle P-I, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 11: 20 a.m. (PST) Tuesday, May 24, was titled “Surveyor beat down two would-be thieves, prosecutors claim.” Its subject was two men being charged for attempting to steal a GPS receiver, though the male owner chased them down and “beat them down.”

Here is its gender breakdown:

–Author: Male

–Human sources  (listed in order mentioned):

1. Male, detective

Gender check: 5/17/11 – West

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On the Seattle Times, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 6 p.m. (MST) Tuesday, May 17, was titled “Enfield reverses decision to fire Ingraham High principal.” Its subject was the Seattle Schools interim superintendent announcing she would give a male principal another year to prove himself rather than terminating him.

Here is its gender breakdown:

–Author: Female

–Human sources  (listed in order mentioned):

1. Female, interim superintendent


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On the Seattle P-I, one of the lead articles featured on the home page as of 6 p.m. (MST) Tuesday, May 17, was titled “Starbucks sued for firing barista with dwarfism.” Its subject was the federal government suing Starbucks for firing a woman who asked to use a stool or stepladder when preparing drinks.

Here is its gender breakdown:

–Author: Female

–Human sources  (listed in order mentioned):

1. Male, trial lawyer

2. Female, company spokeswoman

Notes/analysis: The article only included voices speaking on behalf of others.


*This post was created May 19, but information was gathered at 6 p.m. May 17.*

Gender check: 5/3/11 – West

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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.


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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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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.


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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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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.


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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