Women and Journalism

by Suzanne Franks

Overview

In many countries, the majority of high profile jourbanalists and editors remain male. Although there have been considerable changes in the prospects for women working in the media in the past few decades, women are still noticeably in the minority in the top jourbanalistic roles, despite making up the majority of jourbanalism students. In this book, Suzanne Franks looks at the key issues surrounding female jourbanalists - from on-screen sexism and ageism to the dangers facing female foreign correspondents reporting from war zones. She also analyses the way that the changing digital media have presented both challenges and opportunities for women working in jourbanalism and considers this in an international perspective. . In doing so, this book provides an overview of the ongoing imbalances faced by women in the media and looks at the key issues hindering gender equality in jourbanalism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781780765853
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	10/31/2013
Series:	RISJ Challenges
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Suzanne Franks is Professor of Jourbanalism at City University London. She was formerly Director of Research at the Centre for Jourbanalism, University of Kent and a news and current affairs producer for the BBC, working on Newsnight, the Money Programme, and Panorama. Her publications include Reporting Disasters - Famine, Aid, Politics and the Media and Having None of It: Women, Men and the Future of Work.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Backwards and Forwards – Onwards and Upwards 
3. Where Does It All Begin? The Feminisation of Journalism Education 
4. Where Are The Women? 
5. Getting Older 
6. Who Does What 
7. National By-Lines 
8. Newshounds And Features Bunnies 
9. Just Call me a Man
10. Beyond The Glass Ceiling 
11. Highlighting Exceptions – The Glass Menagerie 
12. Changing Directions...Sliding Glass Doors 
13. New Ways To Work
14. A Feminised News Agenda
15. The Rise of Lifestyle 
16. Who is Making the News? 
17. Future Trends