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Podcasts Take Two
Women in the Media: How the gender gap affects our news consumption
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May 12, 2014
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Women in the Media: How the gender gap affects our news consumption
New research from the Women's Media Center shows that gender inequality among journalists persists across all media outlets.
ABC's Diane Sawyer introducing the new investigation into the meat product now known as "pink slime".
ABC's Diane Sawyer introducing the new investigation into the meat product now known as "pink slime".
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New research from the Women's Media Center shows that gender inequality among journalists persists across all media outlets.

Gwen Ifill & Judy Woodruff…Rachel Maddow…Diane Sawyer…It seems like we see and hear from female journalists all the time, right?

Actually, it turns out that women are still drastically underrepresented in the news business. New research from the Women's Media Center shows that gender inequality among journalists persists across all media outlets.

Here to talk with us about the gender gap is the Women's Media Center's Rachel Larris.