The article reviews findings on gender imbalance in news sourcing, highlighting that men primarily dominate as sources globally. Recent studies show that women represent about 25-30% as sources in media, often lower among expert interviews. Research indicates reporters tend to favor experienced male sources, despite efforts to include women. Potential reasons for this imbalance pertain to reluctance among women to participate due to negative experiences, institutional sexism, and potential harassment. A study surveyed 220 sources, primarily women, revealing varied levels of experience and willingness to engage with media, shedding light on underlying barriers.
This imbalance is especially pronounced among expert sources, where studies have found about 20-25% of the experts cited are women.
Reporters certainly gravitate to expert sources they've talked to before, and those go-to experts tend to be men.
Shine and her colleagues surveyed 220 subject experts and spokespeople, about two-thirds of them women, about their experiences with media interviews.
Many of their respondents had quite a bit of experience working with journalists, but others had done only a few interviews.
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