The “Women of Color in U.S. News Leadership 2023” report spotlights 20 women of color top executives in media who are visible, powerful, and transformational. These dynamic women in television, print, digital, and radio now occupy a seat at the table in an industry long dominated by White men. They lead at a time when the need to grow audiences, increase the bottom line, and keep pace with a rapidly changing digital world gains urgency. Perhaps paramount to the ability to do all of this is creating newsrooms that are inclusive, diverse, and representative. They are working to ensure that the voices, experiences, and stories of everyone, especially women and people of color, are included in media.
This “WMC Report: Gender and Race Representation on Five Big Sunday Shows” tells a story about guests on influential, agenda-setting television programs. The study finds that women and people of color are practically invisible — two-thirds of the guest appearances are by men and nearly three-quarters are White. White men comprise the overall majority of all guest appearances on these programs.
This “WMC Report: Gender and Race Representation on Five Big Sunday Shows” tells a story about guests on influential, agenda-setting television programs. The study finds that women and people of color are practically invisible — two-thirds of the guest appearances are by men and nearly three-quarters are White. White men comprise the overall majority of all guest appearances on these programs. Here are the infographics:
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 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.
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.