Reporters’ gender affects views on health reporting

Maria Len-Ríos, Amanda Hinnant, Ji Yeon Jeong

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Abstract

A survey of a large national sample suggests that female health journalists fed more strongly than do their male counterparts about the importance of serving as health advocates. The study also finds that female journalists pay more attention to representing women in health news.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)76-88
Number of pages13
JournalNewspaper Research Journal
Volume33
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 1 2012
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2012 Newspaper and Online News Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.

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