Ten things I’ve learned in my years of extensive reporting on sexualized violence that may help you navigate this most sensitive kind of reporting.
Despite a year in television that was dominated by female-driven content on screen, gender parity remains elusive for women in non-acting nominations for the 2019 Primetime Emmy Awards, according to the most recent Women’s Media Center analysis.
Infographic shows gender breakdown in non-acting nominations for 2019 Emmys Primetime Awards.
SuperPowering Women in Science Fiction and Superhero Film — A Women’s Media Center Report in Association with BBC America, our second joint study, explores the overall history of female representation in front of and behind the camera in the science fiction and superhero film genres and conducts a deeper dive into representation in the past decade.
SuperPowering Women in Science Fiction and Superhero Film — A Women’s Media Center Report in Association with BBC America, our second joint study, explores the overall history of female representation in front of and behind the camera in the science fiction and superhero film genres and conducts a deeper dive into representation in the past decade.
“The Status of Women in the U.S. Media 2019” shows that despite some gains, men still dominate in every part of news, entertainment and digital media. The report is comprised of 94 studies, including original research by the Women’s Media Center and aggregated research from academia, industry and professional groups, labor unions, media watchdogs, newsrooms and other sources.
The 2019 Oscar nominations were disappointing for women behind the camera, with no women nominated in Directing, Cinematography, Editing, Original Score, and Visual Effects, and only one woman nominated in Animated Feature film and in each of the two writing categories. Industry-wide efforts to improve gender parity has had some impact, but not as much as anticipated, according to a Women’s Media Center analysis.
The Women’s Media Center’s Investigation 2019: Gender and Non-Acting Oscar Nominations finds that women are, again, missing from the picture. No women were nominated in Directing, Cinematography, Editing, Original Score, and Visual Effects, and only one woman was nominated in Animated Feature film and in each of the two writing categories. Here are the infographics.
SuperPowering Girls: Female Representation in the Sci/Fi Superhero Genre is the first in a series of reports that BBC America and the Women’s Media Center will release over the next few months with a goal of expanding both the diversity and representation of women and girls in front of and behind the camera.
SuperPowering Girls: Female representation in the sci-fi/superhero genre -- a study on the impact of representation in science fiction and superhero genre on girls. Infographic.
A year following revelations in The New York Times about decades of allegations against movie producer Harvey Weinstein, the #MeToo movement has led to a significant change in the way media covers stories about sexual assault and harassment, a new report from the Women’s Media Center shows.
Infographic shows gender breakdown in non-acting nominations for 2018 Emmys Primetime Awards.
Men received 70 percent of the non-acting nominations in the 2018 Primetime Emmy Awards, according to a new report published by the Women’s Media Center.
The Women’s Media Center report “The Status of Women of Color in the U.S. News Media 2018” offers a rare look at where women journalists of color are — and aren’t — in legacy print, radio, TV, and digital news. Here's the infographic
The Women’s Media Center report “The Status of Women of Color in the U.S. News Media 2018” offers a rare look at where women journalists of color are — and aren’t — in legacy print, radio, TV, and digital news.
Despite a concerted push by women and their allies to achieve greater representation for females in all parts of the film industry, women represent only 23 percent of the non-acting categories in the 90th annual Academy Award nominations, according to a Women’s Media Center analysis. Infographic.
Despite a concerted push by many advocates from all parts of the film industry to achieve greater representation for women, this year’s Oscar nominations showed only slight gains across the board, with men representing 77 percent of nominees in behind-the-scenes roles, according to a Women’s Media Center analysis.
Infographic showing gender breakdown of 2017 Emmy primetime nominations for all non-acting categories.
A Women’s Media Center investigation found that women receive only 28 percent of all non-acting nominations for the 2017 Primetime Emmy Nominations. Despite modest gains for women in a few categories, the nominations reflect the ongoing deficit of behind-the-camera opportunities for women in television.
A Women’s Media Center investigation of who provides coverage for 20 top news outlets shows that women journalists continue to report less of the news than do men journalists.
This fifth edition of the Women’s Media Center’s annual assessment of how a diversity of females fare across all media platforms—and in arenas including education, engineering and technology that pump workers into the media pipeline—finds areas of progress, regress and, sadly, outright pushback.
Women represent only 20 percent of the non-acting categories in the 89th annual Academy Award nominations, according to a Women’s Media Center analysis. Despite an overhaul of membership last year, where hundreds of new members were invited, including many women and people of color, female Oscar nominees dipped two percentage points from last year’s nominations. Infographic.
Overview of the findings of the report and downloadable pdf of the full report.
A glance at how CNN, MSNBC and FOX fared in their representation of women analysts in coverage of the three presidential debates. The Women's Media Center is working in partnership with the Center for American Women and Politics on Who Talks, a research project led by Gender Avenger.
A look at how CNN, MSNBC and FOX fared in their representation of women and men of color analysts in coverage of the presidential election. The Women's Media Center is working in partnership with the Center for American Women and Politics on Who Talks, a research project led by Gender Avenger.