Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-263) and index.
Contents
Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Authors' biographies; Acknowledgements; A note on usage; Introduction; 1 Early women journalists: 1850-1945; 2 Women journalists in the post-war period; 3 The education and training of women journalists; 4 'One of the boys'? Women's experiences of the glass ceiling; 5 Gendered newsroom cultures and values; 6 Challenges to sexism and discrimination; 7 The 'first wave' of women's alternative journalism; 8 Women's alternative print journalism of the 'second' and 'third' waves; 9 Women's alternative media in broadcasting and the Internet.
Summary
Women and Journalism offers a rich and comprehensive analysis of the roles, status and experiences of women journalists in the United States and Britain, from nineteenth century pioneers to modern day women war correspondants.
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