Are female journalists making progress? : a content analysis of the New York times from 1965-2005

• Main Author: San Miguel, Cynthia M.
• Other Authors: Popovich, Mark N.
• Format: Others
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Women journalists > New York (State) > New York.; New York times.
• Online Access: http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/handle/handle/188266; http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1371474

With the women's movement of the 1960s, more career opportunities opened to women. Women now had the opportunity to work fulltime at jobs that were once held by men only. Accordingly, female reporters became a larger part of the newsroom, but male and female reporters were not being treated equally. For example, female reporters were assigned news topics that included human interest and education, and male reporters were assigned stories dealing with war and politics. Past research has examined bylines of small, medium, and large newspapers and the news topics male and female reporters have covered.The present study is a content analysis examining the years 1965, 1975, 1985, 1995, and 2005 of the New York Times. The study examined male and female bylines, along with topics of news stories, sources used by male and female reporters, and collective sources. The findings suggest that female reporters are making some strides in the newspaper business. Stories by female reporters more often appear on the front page currently than in the past. However, male reporters are writing about "feminine topics," such as education, and human interest. Lastly, female reporters use more female sources in stories than their male counterparts. === Department of Journalism