Women in journalism and media professions

Around the World with Nellie Bly Women in journalism owe their career path to Nellie Bly. Bly was a famous journalist who traveled the world in 72 days, prompted social reforms and was the first women in her field. She pioneered investigative journalism which is a branch of journalism. Investigative journalism is gathering many sources and going very in depth on a subject that is a current issue or to prompt social reform. Bly chose current social issues of her time and was able to get her sources to tell her what they really wanted to say. “And telling a tale: Her first-person chronicles, with their choice details, gave her work a you-are-there quality. Bly was also an adept interviewer. She knew how to use blunt, penetrating questions, charm,…

Nellie Bly, was once just an American woman with a dream to pursue a career in journalism, until opportunity came knocking at her door. While trying to come up with new ideas for her groundbreaking news column, Bly found herself wondering if she could travel the world in less than eighty days. Traveling the entire globe in under eighty days was no small feat, but it was also difficult to even get the trip approved by her editors for a number of reasons. After months of being denied because of…

herself checked into the infamous mental hospital on Blackwell’s Island. Blackwell’s Island was comprised of almost all of New York City’s, hospitals, jails and factories. Bly gladly took on the report, even though she was well aware of the meager conditions the asylum provided. To prepare for her reporting job, Bly needed to look and act like a mentally distressed being. To do this, she stopped taking care of her hygienic needs, she dressed in rags and she practiced her maniacal look…

Consequently, through identifying the barriers and proposing solutions, this can make the profession of journalism more attractive to all women of color and open doors to break the norms in the field of journalism and position themselves in front of the camera. Racism, sexism and other form of harassment are the hypothesized cause of the lack of women of color in broadcast journalism. By analyzing the current anchor and reporter positions at ABC, CBS and NBC as a sample size, to bring awareness…

unprejudiced judicial system to ensure fairness and equality. Likewise, our media sources need to be diverse and unbiased in order for our citizens to be properly informed. “Diversity in media is something that is intrinsic to a democratic society.” Jeremy Corbyn’s words still hold true today. Women’s involvement brings fresh perspectives to our courts and our media, thus their presence is essential. One of the fundamental reasons is that women contribute an unique understanding to our judicial…

disproportionate amount of news and media coverage with 44% of televisions stories being about sports or celebrities, compared to 10% worldwide (Comrie & McMillan, 2013). Males sports teams make up most of the high profile sports teams both worldwide and within New Zealand, and this reduces the proportion of women appearing in the media. Over thirty years of research on gender and sports in the media in New Zealand, men have constantly made up over 80% of sports coverage, and women less than 10%…

News media, in its varied forms, is a fundamental part of modern society, and reflects and reinforces existing ideas within society. Therefore, the representation of women within the news media is crucial in analysing the position of women in society today, and attempting to improve it. New Zealand is a country which prides itself on being egalitarian, and was the first country in the world to give women the vote. Unfortunately, over the past 20 years, New Zealand’s media representation of women…

Twitter has become the largest source of news breaking media and the firsthand information for the journalists, in the conventional media. The rise of the social media such as twitter has raised fears among the journalists. As a professional practice of journalists is brought to disappear; means in recent years of dire predictions about the decline of the profession. As such, the role of the journalist is essential. His profession is changing profoundly, which does not mean it will disappear. It…

It's hard to look at history and not notice the very large hole when it comes to gender equality and race equality within all fields. The concept of gender and race equality is a fairly new one. Until the 19th century, women and people of colour were treated as the lesser and were excluded from activities such as politics, education, and various professions. Resistance to the idea of gender equality was reinforced by misogyny, which was justified by intellectual movements, as well as early…

for more women to become included in the industry. Gaming culture, however, is notoriously unwelcoming towards women and the industry is often male dominated making it difficult for women to break through the glass ceiling. Despite the skewed perception of the video game industry and community being the…