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"Expert voices in Australian science news coverage are still more likely to be
those of men, according to recent research, despite journalists themselves
being fairly evenly spread between genders.
Our study of print and online science news from 2018–22 found an increase in
the proportion of female journalists writing about science. The number of women
quoted in science news also increased in comparison to earlier studies, from
20% to 45%.
Our data also shows a relationship between the gender of journalists and
sources: male journalists are more likely to quote male experts, and female
journalists more likely to quote female experts. This is consistent with
earlier findings.
Also consistent was the finding that men are still disproportionately
represented in science news, quoted in 76% of articles in our sample even in
fields such as health and environmental studies, which are dominated by women."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
