The “Women of Color in U.S. News Leadership 2023” report spotlights 20 women of color top executives in media who are visible, powerful, and transformational. These dynamic women in television, print, digital, and radio now occupy a seat at the table in an industry long dominated by White men. They lead at a time when the need to grow audiences, increase the bottom line, and keep pace with a rapidly changing digital world gains urgency. Perhaps paramount to the ability to do all of this is creating newsrooms that are inclusive, diverse, and representative. They are working to ensure that the voices, experiences, and stories of everyone, especially women and people of color, are included in media.

This “WMC Report: Gender and Race Representation on Five Big Sunday Shows” tells a story about guests on influential, agenda-setting television programs. The study finds that women and people of color are practically invisible — two-thirds of the guest appearances are by men and nearly three-quarters are White. White men comprise the overall majority of all guest appearances on these programs. Here are the infographics:

“The Status of Women in the U.S. Media 2019” shows that despite some gains, men still dominate in every part of news, entertainment and digital media. The report is comprised of 94 studies, including original research by the Women’s Media Center and aggregated research from academia, industry and professional groups, labor unions, media watchdogs, newsrooms and other sources.

The Women’s Media Center report “The Status of Women of Color in the U.S. News Media 2018” offers a rare look at where women journalists of color are — and aren’t — in legacy print, radio, TV, and digital news. Here's the infographic

The Women’s Media Center report “The Status of Women of Color in the U.S. News Media 2018” offers a rare look at where women journalists of color are — and aren’t — in legacy print, radio, TV, and digital news.

A Women’s Media Center investigation of who provides coverage for 20 top news outlets shows that women journalists continue to report less of the news than do men journalists.

This fifth edition of the Women’s Media Center’s annual assessment of how a diversity of females fare across all media platforms—and in arenas including education, engineering and technology that pump workers into the media pipeline—finds areas of progress, regress and, sadly, outright pushback.

A glance at how CNN, MSNBC and FOX fared in their representation of women analysts in coverage of the three presidential debates. The Women's Media Center is working in partnership with the Center for American Women and Politics on Who Talks, a research project led by Gender Avenger.

A look at how CNN, MSNBC and FOX fared in their representation of women and men of color analysts in coverage of the presidential election. The Women's Media Center is working in partnership with the Center for American Women and Politics on Who Talks, a research project led by Gender Avenger.

There is agreement among voters that social media followed by cable news and broadcast news are the top places that they see the most sexist treatment of women candidates and elected officials, according to research conducted during the final days of the U.S. presidential election.

The Status of Women in the U.S. Media 2015