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Tom Watson urges newspapers to boost number of female political journalists
Tom Watson urges newspapers to boost number of female political journalists
Tom Watson
Lack of women in journalism : woeful
Increase the number of female journalists
Labour deputy leader
Women in Journalism
Just 25% of front-page stories : written by women
Bylines
Women : health, royal family and TV
Men : coverage of the election, the London Bridge terror attack, etc.
Highly critical report
Improvement
2012 : 22%
2017 : 25%
Ofcom
Woeful lack of diversity
Under-represented : women, minority ethnic groups and disabled people
Media regulator
"No matter how powerful a women is, it is her appearance that matters more than anything."
Informations
Graham Ruddick
The Guardian
September 19, 2017