Male voices dominate the news. Here's how journalists and female experts can turn this around
- Written by Kathryn Shine, Journalism Discipline Lead, Curtin University
ShutterstockLast week, the ABC announced it had achieved a milestone it had been trying to reach for more than two years. For the first time, in the previous month of March, it had equal numbers of women and men appearing in its news coverage.
This may seem surprising. You might expect the gender ratio of people quoted in the news would mirror the...
