According to the Women’s Media Center, the TIDES (The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport) 2018 report gave American sports media a grade of D+ for gender and racial hiring practices. If the people reporting on sport are largely white men, it’s unsurprising that their stories regularly fail to represent women, particularly women of colour.

"The Women's Media Center found that during a 15-month period, 53% of sexual assault story bylines came from men."

The Women’s Media Center put the situation bluntly in its 2019 report: “Despite some gains, men still dominate in every part of news, entertainment and digital media.” As one example, it reported that women write only 15 percent of the op-ed pieces on international issues at the four most widely circulated American newspapers.

Couric said it was ridiculous that 63 percent of prime-time TV news broadcasts feature male anchors and correspondents, while just 30 percent are women, according to a recent study. She emphasized that only diversity in leadership positions would lead to meaningful change.

A recent study by the Women’s Media Center found that men receive 63% of bylines and other credits in print, internet and TV. And even those articles that are published by women are more likely to be lifestyle pieces than hard news topics such as politics or the economy.

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.

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.

As Gloria Steinem turns 85, 85 celebrities, activists, and journalists have come together to celebrate the inspirational woman.

The Women’s Media Center gathered “life-long friends” of Steinem to share the “impact she has had” on them, from Jane Fonda to Joy Behar, who praises her for “always unapologetically [being] herself.”

According to a recent report by the Women’s Media Centre, of coverage by 28 American news outlets in late 2017, men received 63% of bylines and TV credits—one percentage point higher than their share the previous year.

Last fall, a study from the Women’s Media Center and BBC America found that female superhero characters can help girls and young women self-identify with positive descriptors like “strong,” “brave,” “confident” and “motivated.”

Nearly two-thirds of the study participants, girls aged 10 to 19, said that in movies and television, they don’t see enough “female role models,” “strong female characters” or “relatable female characters.”

A study by the Women’s Media Center found that, overall, the proportion of women of color in newsrooms remained stagnant or fell last year in comparison with previous years. The report said women of color accounted for 7.95 percent of traditional print newspaper journalism jobs, 6.2 percent of radio jobs and 12.6 percent of TV news jobs. Overall, women account for 32 percent of newsroom staffs nationwide.

The dismal factoids in a new report released Thursday by the Women’s Media Center go on and on. And on.

The gender divide becomes clearer when comparing the number of women nominated to their male counterparts. The Women’s Media Center reported earlier this month that over 75 percent of the nominees this year were men.