184 Gender Equity in Online News Coverage of Wimbledon 2010

Wednesday, March 30, 2011: 10:30 AM-11:45 AM
Convention Center: Room 30B
Speakers: Kris Grappendorf, Cal State Univ-Bakersfield, Bakersfield, CA; and Judith Pratt, California State University, Bakersfield, Bakersfield, CA
This presentation will examine the Wimbledon coverage of the four top dailies in the U.S. (USA Today, NY Times, LA Times, and Washington Post) in their online coverage of the tournament. Home pages, sports pages and the stories themselves will be examined to determine if reporters, editors, copy editors (who write headlines), photographers and photo editors presented a balance of coverage of both men and women tennis players at Wimbledon in 2010.