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Male voices dominate the news. Hereâs how journalists and female experts can turn this around
You might expect the gender ratio of people quoted in the news would mirror the gender split of our society. But that s not the case.
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Last 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 gender split of our society.
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Nadia Bokody: The type of guy women shouldn t trust
14 Mar, 2021 12:45 AM
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It s the men that claim to be one of the good guys that you need to avoid. Photo / Nadia Bokody
It s the men that claim to be one of the good guys that you need to avoid. Photo / Nadia Bokody
news.com.au
I m going to confess something.
When I began my career as a writer just over a decade ago, I wasn t prepared for how much unsolicited feedback I d receive from men.
Mainly because, I ve never actually written about men.
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I make a point not just because the internet is already saturated with male-centric content (women make up just 24 per cent of the voices seen and heard in popular news media, according to a Global Media Monitoring Project report), but because it always struck me as presumptuous to commentate on the lived experiences of men when I m not, you know … a man.