Female Newsmaker VoiceShare in Top 15 Print Media Outlets
Chart shows VoiceShare (percent of statements from females) in articles of top 15 print outlets (based on total statement volume per newspaper). Time frame is Nov 1 – May 15.
Including candidate statements (blue), female VoiceShare does not rise above 19%, hovering just between 10-15% for the majority of the top newspapers. The worst offender among top newspapers is the Washington Post, with only 10% of statements in their articles attributed to females when candidate statements are factored in, 16% when they aren’t.
Only articles from the Philadelphia Inquirer have over 25% of statements attributed to female newsmakers when candidate statements are excluded from the sample. However, this number drops down to 16% when statements from candidates are factored in. On average, when candidate statements are excluded from the sample, female VoiceShare increases by 7%. This tells us that a difference of 14% in the Salt Lake Tribune means that a higher percentage of their statements are from candidates.
