Women's issues big in this election, but men are writing the stories
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Women's issues big in this election, but men are writing the stories
Catherine Lucey
Appealing to women voters has been a key theme of this presidential race. But who are the journalists writing those stories?
Last night at the Republican National Convention, Ann Romney tried to sell her husband Mitt as a presidential candidate to women, noting his devotion to his family and support during her battles with illness. The GOP has more women speakers lined up, including former Secretary of State Condeleeza Rice tonight, as they try to pitch to women that their economic policies will be better for women and families.
Meanwhile, the Democrats have been hammering the Republicans on issues like abortion rights and access to contraception, hoping to gain an advantage among undecided women. Yesterday, here in Philly, Actress Tatyana Ali, Councilwoman Marian Tasco and others gathered at the Pennsylvania Democratic Party headquarters to kick off what they’re calling the “Romney-Ryan: Wrong for Women” week.
But here’s an interesting wrinkle in this conversation that was raised on the website 4thestate.net – the vast majority of the coverage of this race was written male reporters. Since April 15, the site reports that 72.1% of articles written about the election were penned by men and just 27.9% by women.
The 4th Estate Project is partnered with the Women's Media Center, which aims to shed light on gender inequality in the media. To read more, head over to the post here.
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David Gambacorta spent a small eternity writing about cops, drug dealers and serial killers. Now he’s writing about power and politics – which sometimes reminds him of the old crime beat. He joined the Daily News in 2005. And yes, he knows you’re not quite sure how to pronounce his last name. E-mail tips to gambacd@phillynews.com
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Jan Ransom, a native New Yorker, joined the Daily News in 2010 after graduating from Howard University. She has since written about the difficulty of filing police complaints, tax deadbeats and life after violent home invasions. She joined the Daily News City Hall Bureau in 2011 and has plunged headfirst into reporting on administration budget battles and City Council shenanigans. E-mail tips to ransomj@phillynews.com
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Sean Collins Walsh is from Bucks County and went to Northwestern University. He joined the Daily News copy desk in 2012 and now covers the Nutter administration. Before that, he interned at papers including The New York Times, The Dallas Morning News and The Seattle Times. E-mail tips to walshSE@phillynews.com
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