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."
These are the headlines you Need 2 Know.
Michelle Cordeiro Grant, founder and CEO of online lingerie brand Lively, told Cheddar why the company and Nordstrom make a good fit in a changing retail landscape. The department store announced the partnership this week, the latest in a string of deals bringing online-first brands to its brick-and-mortar locations.
Lillian Rizzo, reporter for the Wall Street Journal, reports that a small group of hedge funds decided the toy giant was better off dead than alive, even though it could have likely come back from bankruptcy.
Suzanne Loughlin, co-founder of risk management firm Firestorm Solutions, said many threats of violence start on social media, and the company works to monitor social feeds to prevent the next tragedy.
These are the headlines you Need 2 Know.
*Produced by Charles Goetz. Edited by Jake Bennett*
We're in Columbus, Ohio for the Call of Duty World League Championships. Check out our recap of the events, culminating with a win by Evil Geniuses!
The proliferation of electric scooters from Lime and Bird are polarizing residents and bedeviling officials in the California beach community. Alyssa Julya Smith takes to the boardwalk to hear them out.
Lauren Kay, Deputy Editor at "The Bump," and Evan Kaufman, the vlogger behind "Dude to Dad," talk with Cheddar about how millennials are approaching parenthood. Kay and Kaufman also talk about how brands are trying to market themselves to this new generation of parents.
NBA Hall-of-Famer Clyde Drexler, commissioner of the BIG3 3-on-3 league, sat down with Cheddar and talked about those rumors that Kobe Bryant might join the league, as well as the league's push to bring 3-on-3 ball to Tokyo 2020.
Facebook was forced to remove its data security app, Onavo, from the App Store after Apple updated its data collection guidelines. Meanwhile, the social media giant also voluntarily removed the quiz app, myPersonality, from its platform after the app improperly collected data on more than 4 million users. And we're joined by Mike Francesa, New York sports radio legend, to hear about the launch of his new app, 'Mike's On.'
