The results read like a time capsule from the 1950s: In 2014, women made up just 22 percent of guests. In collaboration with Media Matters for America, we conducted an analysis of foreign policy guests on major news programs. Men were quoted three times more often than women. A report by the Women’s Media Center found that on the front page of The New York Times, Another way to look at the status quo: a woman over 65 is less likely to be cited as an expert in the media asĪ boy in the 13 to 18 age group. In the Wall Street Journal, 22 percent in the New York Times and 24 percent in the Los Angeles Times. According to the Op-Ed Project, in 2011, women authored only 19 percent of op-eds Over the past couple years, much ink has been spilled on how women need to speak up and “lean in.” Much of the conversation has focused on media representation - a still volatile battleground for The Washington Post recently noted that in more than 150 events hosted by six Washington think tanks there wasn’t a single female speaker. Anne Barnard delivered harrowing dispatches from Gaza.Īnd yet, when it came time for round table analysis, grey suits continued to deluge the discussion.
Alissa Rubin escaped death in a helicopter crash in Iraq. Sabrina Tavernise arrived on the scene of downed Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 in eastern Ukraine even as the plane still burned.
As mind-boggling world events dominated headlines last summer, an impressive number of women reported first-hand from various hot spots.