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.

Journalism remains dominated by male reporters and their male sources. A studypublished recently by the Women’s Media Center found that in 2017, 63 percent of bylines and TV credits were those of men.

Those numbers actually are up from 23% last year and from 20% in 2017 – a 25% increase from two years ago, according to date from the Women’s Media Center.

Soraya Chemaly, the director of the Women’s Media Center Speech Project, a New York nonprofit that works to raise the visibility of women and girls in media, says that while both men and women are bullied online, the impacts on women can be more consequential

CBS Corp. on Friday detailed which women's advocacy groups would get portions of the $20 million that it had previously said it would be donating as part of its separation agreement with former CEO Leslie Moonves,

Goldman cites the findings of a report by the Women’s Media Center: That television viewers are less likely to see women reporting the news today than just a few years ago.

“At the Big Three networks — ABC, CBS and NBC — combined, men were responsible for reporting 75 percent of the evening news broadcasts over three months in 2016, while women were responsible for reporting only 25 percent — a drop from 32 percent two years earlier.”

Hollywood assumed for years that girls were apathetic about superhero fare while boys might be alienated by female leads. A recent study conducted by Women’s Media Center and BBC America found that those assumptions are no longer the case. The study found an avid interest among girls with 85% expressing interest in seeing more female superheroes and science fiction protagonists. The study also showed a sizable majority of boys (69%) were also interested in seeing more women in those roles.

Just days after President Trump labeled the press “the true enemy of people,” Jane Fonda, Gloria Steinem, Maxine Waters and liberal public figures joined together in New York City on Thursday to celebrate champions for women in media.

Women in media honored at New York awards ceremony hosted by Jane Fonda and Gloria Steinem. Rough cut (no reporter narration).

The Women's Media Center announced this morning that Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) will join the Women's Media Center Board of Directors and will give Closing Remarks at WMC 2018 Women's Media Awards on November 1st at Capitale in New York City.