April 23, 2019 | By Christa Case Bryant | Christian Science Monitor
With so many women running for president, why is focus still on the men?

According to the Women’s Media Center, men author nearly three-quarters of articles about U.S. elections on eight news websites, including The Washington Post and The New York Times online, CNN, Vox, and Fox. In the 14 print publications surveyed, the disparity is less glaring but still evident, with men writing 61% of articles.


 
April 16, 2019 | BY LAUREN LEADER | The Hill
We seem to be ignoring the women running for president

The Women’s Media Center reports that "male journalists continue to report most news, especially for wires and TV prime-time evening broadcasts."


 
April 12, 2019 | NATALIE GONTCHAROVA | refinery29
The Real Reason Why America Has Never Had A Female President

The misogyny in political coverage is made worse by the fact that 70% of political coverage overall and 74% of election news at online news outlets is done by men, according to a new report from the Women’s Media Center.


 
April 05, 2019 | by PARIZAAD KHAN SETHI | Vogue India
Puja Patel on navigating music journalism in the US as a woman of colour

A woman-of-colour editor-in-chief is an anomaly, even in the American media landscape. According to a 2018 report by the US-based Women’s Media Center, women of colour represent just 7.95 per cent of US print newsroom staff.


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