THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN THE U.S MEDIA 2015

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PRINT Female bylines outnumbered male bylines at the Chicago Sun-Times — the only one of the 10 newspapers to not only achieve parity, but also exceed parity. The New York Times and The Denver Post had the widest gender gap, with women receiving just 32% of the bylines. 37% 62% OVERALL Publications listed from widest to most narrow gender gap 32% 68% W 1125 2410 M 32% 68% W 323 701 M 33% 67% W 222 451 M 32% 65% * W 417 865 M 36% 64% W 537 967 M 39% 61% W 772 1222 M 40% 60% W 566 861 M 40% 59% * W 776 1155 M 41% 59% W 828 1186 M 55% 45% W 584 482 M W Women M Men *Some totals do not equal 100% because of a small percentage of unknowns. INTERNET The Huffington Post was the only Internet outlet to not only achieve parity, but also exceed parity. 42% 58% 53% 42% 39% 31% 46% 58% 61% 69% OVERALL WIRES Male bylines exceeded female bylines for the Associated Press and Reuters. 38% 62% 41% 35% 59% 64% OVERALL 14 WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER The Status of Women in the U.S. Media 2015 TOC womensmediacenter.com
WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER WHAT DO WOMEN REPORT ON? US Politics 35% 65% W 2248 4219 M Crime and justice 33% 67% W 1884 World politics 35% 64% W 2216 4077 M Business/Economics 38% 62% W 1081 Technology 38% 62% W 315 Science 35% 64% W 252 Lifestyle 50% 50% W 809 Men were more likely to write or report on politics, criminal justice, science, sports or technology. 3862 M 1773 M 520 M 455 M 809 M W Women Health 49% 50% W 1271 Entertainment 41% 58% W 501 Culture 42% 58% W 467 Education 55% 45% W 400 Weather 30% 69% W 254 Sports 10% 90% W 57 Religion W 225 1291 M 702 M 638 M 330 M 585 M 503 M 50% 49% M Men 224 M Women were more likely to write or report on education, lifestyle, health or religion. BOTTOM LINE: MEN DOMINATE MEDIA Gender inequality is evident in print, on television, and online across nearly all media outlets and in nearly all news topics. Overall, there has unknown been little change since last year. 62.1% 37.3% 0.6% To learn more about The Status of Women in the U.S. Media 2015, please visit: http://j.mp/2015-wmc-gender-gap To download the WMC Divided 2015 The Media Gender Gap infographic, please visit: http://j.mp/2015-divided-infographic The Status of Women in the U.S. Media 2015 TOC womensmediacenter.com 15
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