72% of Newspaper Articles About The General Election Written by Men

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http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2012/08/72-newspaper-articles-about-general-election-written-men/56257/

The boys on the bus are kind of a boys' club, as a new study from the Women's Media Center and the 4th Estate Project found that 72 percent of newspapers articles covering the general election between April 16 and August 25 were written by men. In the primary season — January 1 through April 15 — 76 percent were.

We are in an election year, wherein The Associated Press' Nicholas Riccardi writes that "both sides agree that this campaign has been marked by an unusual intensity of debate over women's issues, particularly reproductive rights." In a release (brought to us via Callie Schweitzer on Twitter), Women's Media Center uses these numbers to highlight the striking disparity:

Women’s Media Center President Julie Burton said, “In this so-called 'Year of the Woman,' this study just goes to show that when it comes to presidential elections it’s still a ‘boys on the bus’ world.”
But talk of a male-heavy media is nothing new. The Women's Media Center points out: "According to surveys by the American Society of News Editors’ Newsroom Employment Census, 62 percent of newsroom reporters are men." Meanwhile, back in April The Atlantic Wire's Jen Doll noted that only 22 of NYU's “100 Outstanding Journalists in the United States in the Last 100 Years” were women.

[Iggy]

1. THIS is one of the reasons why

I stopped buying newspapers... I buy the WSJ once or twice a week to keep up with financial
news.. (mostly ignore their bullcrap op-ed pieces).

The U.S. is a very diverse nation- but you wouldn't know it by reading our newspapers.

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2. Between 80 and 90% of primary educators are female, nobody bats an eye at that

We are selective in our gender-imbalance outrage.

/I would say molding young minds is an even more important task for our nations long term health.

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3. i think when politicians are spewing inanities about rape

not having or hearing from women journos is extremely important.

i think 50% of the electorate being women -- they should get to hear from more women journalists.

but, whatever.

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4. 54% of the electorate is women

if they decide to end this nonsense they can. Men are but a minority voting block.

And as far as I'm aware there is nothing preventing women from becoming journalists.

/when boys are dropping out of highschool at record rates compared to women I think that's worth addressing. Others disagree.