Women in newsroom still feel undervalued compared to their male coworkers
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This professional project explores how women’s experiences in newsrooms are and are not changing with movements like #MeToo and identifies how women view their role in changing newsroom environments to be more gender inclusive. In interviews with 13 female journalists with varying levels of experience who have worked in a variety of types of newsrooms and on different mediums, this research found that women in newsrooms believe that while there has been some change over time, there is still much room for improvement in how newsrooms treat their female employees. Female journalists believe that even in newsrooms that have responded to gender-inclusivity movements and changed policies, this is often for fear of public scrutiny rather than an actual cultural change. The women interviewed mostly did not feel like they could participate in movements like #MeToo by posting of their experiences on social media for fear of negative consequences in their work and personal lives or because they believe their experiences aren’t bad enough to warrant discussing them publicly and might detract from the experiences of others. Most female journalists believe that change won’t happen without women continuing to push for respect and for their ideas to be considered, but many believe it is also on the men to allow room for women to speak their minds and be included in major decisions, which will help in increasing sensitivity to gender-related issues in newsrooms.
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