At the helm of the top media outlets in the nation are all men. The Washington Post's Media Columnist Margaret Sullivan explains the conditions facing women in news, and ways to close the gender gap in newsroom mastheads.
"I think there are more women in powerful positions in media than there ever have been before," says Sullivan. "The problem is at the very, very top of those very powerful news organizations it's pretty rare for a woman to have broken through."
Men wrote 52 percent of bylined news articles and opinion pieces about reproductive issues in the nation’s 12 most widely circulated newspapers and news wires. Meanwhile, women penned 37 percent, according to the 2017 Women's Media Center Report. Men won 84 percent of a century’s worth of Pulitzer Prizes, while women won only 16 percent according to Women's Media Center.
On how the #MeToo movement has impacted newsrooms, Sullivan says, "to say this whole thing gone too far is really misguided." She goes on to say, "I think what's really going to rule the day is that this major reckoning we're having in our society and how extremely important it is and how it was brought about by courageous journalists and courageous women."
Disney World reopened to the public over the weekend, just as its home state of Florida recorded 15,000 new coronavirus cases -- smashing the daily record reported by any state since the pandemic began.
Carlo's joined by Josh Topolsky, editor-in-chief of Input Magazine, for a special Friday pod about the big decision from the Supreme Court on Trump's taxes, Biden's new populist economic message, the coming eviction wave and more.
Jill and Carlo discuss the latest in the debate over how to reopen schools in the fall, as the Ivy League throws in the towel on fall sports and puts the entire college football season in limbo. Plus, the Supreme Court delivers a win to conservatives, an oppressive heat wave settles in, an iconic retailer goes bankrupt, and the iPhone 12 is coming.
Dr. Nathaniel Beers, president of the HSC Health Care Systems, talks child safety as coronavirus spread concern grows. Beers also discusses the American Academy of Pediatrics' recommendation to open U.S. schools in the fall.
The Supreme Court is siding with the Trump administration in its effort to allow more employers to opt out of providing no-cost birth control to women as required by the Affordable Care Act.
The schools filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday challenging the Trump administration’s decision to bar international students from staying in the U.S. if they take classes online this fall.
Dr. Fauci warns against complacency; the thorny back-to-school debate rages on; another expose on President Trump rocks D.C. & LinkedIn wants to make it so you never mispronounce your coworker's name again.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the agency that oversees student visas, just released new guidelines for international students, which say that if an international student is enrolled in a program that decides to go fully virtual, they must leave the county.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday launched an all-out effort to reopen schools this fall.
Black-owned bookstores have benefited from the renewed interest, but some mom-and-pop operations have struggled to keep up with the soaring demand.
