Key Findings: Journalism
- Women account for 22 percent of the leadership positions in journalism—a composite of women newspaper publishers (18 percent), women news directors of radio stations (20 percent) and women news directors at television stations (28 percent).
- Women of color account for less than 17 percent of female news staff, and only 6 percent of newsroom staff overall.
- Although women have been the majority of college journalism majors since 1977, the average male to female ratio for bylines at 11 of the top political and intellectual magazines is 7:1.
- Of the top 15 media corporations (which include a mix of print, online, television and radio businesses), all CEO s are male and only 17 percent of board members are women.
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