The Women’s Media Center released a report that shines a light on the status of women in media. The Women’s Media Center 2012 Report on the Status of Women in US Media underscores the crucial need to hold media accountable for an equal voice and equal participation. Women’s Media Center co-founders, Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan, and Gloria Steinem hailed the report as a wake-up call for media makers and media consumers.
Despite MovieFone’s prediction that female directors might “rule” the 2010 Oscars, women count for 26% of all non gender-specific nominations. Nearly half of these share their nominations with male partners, leaving 14% of nominees women recognized on their own.
A report from The White House Project, The Women's Media Center and The Maynard Institute for Journalism Education written by Deborah Siegel, PhD.