The status of women in U.S. media in 2012 isn't good. In fact, it's extremely disappointing. Women's Media Center put together a variety of statistics from research conducted by various organizations over the past couple of years and published the data in a report called "The Status of Women in the U.S. Media 2012." The report authors, Robin H. Pugh Yi, Ph.D. and Craig T. … [Read more...]
Gender Gap in 2012 Election Coverage Is Huge [Infographic]
A new infographic from 4th Estate shows that the vast majority of 2012 election coverage by the media is guilty of leaving women out of the conversation about women's issues. Check out the infographic below where you'll see that on issues related directly to women like birth control and women's rights, print media quotes women far less frequently than men. Unfortunately, it … [Read more...]
Of Beauties and Beasts
Post by Jane K. Stimmler, contributing Women on Business writer I was watching a business channel, CNBC, the other day and it struck me - every woman commentator was glamorous and the men, well, not so much. Why, on a television show devoted to business, must the women be on the younger side with lots of hair and make-up - while the men are mostly aging and craggy … [Read more...]