THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN THE U.S MEDIA 2015

WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER
At the Times Literary Supplement, published once a year, the combined number of
women authors and reviewers rose to 28.3 percent in 2014 from 26.9 percent in 2013.
It had been roughly 27 percent during 2012 and 2011.
More women journalism grads than men found jobs, while number of
minority journalism students finding full-time work fell
Women continued to outnumber men enrolled in journalism schools, representing twothirds
of that student body in 2013 and, at 60.3 percent, comprising the highest-ever
tally of journalism doctoral candidates in 2013, according to the most recent University
of Georgia’s Annual Survey of Journalism & Mass Communications Graduates.
Gender and job seeking 1
Types of jobs sought by journalism and mass
communication bachelor’s degree recipients 2013
Percent
40
30
20
10
0
16.5
20.7 20.2
Ad
Dept.
33.6
30.1
27.8
PR
Dept.
Ad
Agency
17.8
33.2
PR
Agency
19.2
11.6
34.1
23.1
Source: AEJMC Annual Survey of Journalism & Mass Communication Graduates
26.2
12.3
2013 Men
2013 Women
9.7
4.6
13.4
8.8
21.3
17.8
Cable TV Radio Wire Weekly Daily
Graphic produced by the Women’s Media Center
Gender and job seeking 2
40
Types of jobs sought by journalism and mass
communication bachelor’s degree recipients 2013
Percent
30
20
10
0
23.6
19.5
Online
publishing
5.8
8.6
Book
publisher
4.7 3.8
Research
report/
journal
publisher
0.8 0.6
Looseleaf/
directory/
database
publisher
Magazine Newsletter
Newsletter
Source: AEJMC Annual Survey of Journalism & Mass Communication Graduates
2013 Men
2013 Women
2.9 4.9 2.9 2.1
3.7
Trade
press
6.2 5.8
14.1
Consumer
magazine
Graphic produced by the Women’s Media Center
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