Women in Journalism

Identifying the Issue
Women are seen everyday in the forefront of music, fashion, sports and movie entertainment. When it is time to tune into the 6 o’clock news, there is a lack of women in the newsroom. With the demographics of the nation today changing, there is a need for the newsroom to do the same.
Women make up _____ percent of the population, but only make up 35 % of the anchors in the newsroom. The overall number of women journalists employed in the media around the world has decreased by 2 percent in the last five years, according to a recent study by the World Association for Christian Communication. Today, women are 41 percent of working journalists; the...