On today's Your Call, we’ll talk about why women submit fewer op-eds than men and how it affects public discourse. Katie Orenstein, founder of the OpEd Project, laments that we’re hearing from only a small fraction of the world’s best minds. What keeps women from writing op-eds and taking part in our public discourse? Join us at 10am PST or leave a comment here. Who are the female opinion writers you value -- and what do they offer? It’s Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.
Guests:
Katie Orenstein, founder of the OpEd Project
Taryn Yaeger, graduate student intern with the OpEd Project
Resources:
OpEd Project Report: "Who Narrates the World"
OpEd Project: our summary of related research and data
Core Seminar: Write to Change the World, June 16 in SF
Fairness and Accuracy in Reportingdata on race (not gender)
Columbia Journalism Review: Behind the News
The Maynard Institute: Times Picayune Plans Point to Digital Divide
Boston Globe: The World Needs More Women Columnists
Slate - XX: Women and Bylines—What do Pink Topics Really Tell us?
Chicago tribune: Opinion Writing Gender Study
The Atlantic Wire: Do Female Journalists Have a Confidence Problem?
The Atlantic: Horrifying Gender Gap in the Media
Bill Moyers: Why Are OpEdsStill Mostly Written By Men?
Boston Globe: The World Needs More Women Columnists
Daily kos: This Week in the War on Women Shut Your StupidLadyholeNo-one Cares What You Think
Jezebel!: More Women are Writing OpEdsBut They’re..Sigh..Pink.
Buzzfeed: Why Women Can’t Get Away From Soft News
Talking Points Memo: Men Survey
Feministing: New study: “major improvements” in women’sop-edrepresentation, but more remains to be done
Huffington Post:Men Still Dominating Bylines In Journalism: Report
Poynter: More Women Writing OpEdsbut Female Bylines Still Cluster Around Pink Topics
Poynter: Women don’t put their hands up as often as men in opinion pages
Poynter: "Throw like a Girl - how to pitch the hell out of your stories”
GenderReport: Men Still Dominate Opinion Writing