Sheila Gibbons, Author at Women's eNews

Sports News Shortchanges Female Players, Fans

By Sheila Gibbons ● Commentary ● May 14, 2003

When it comes to coverage of women’s professional sports in this day of dazzling female athletes, I think of the poignant Peggy Lee song and have to ask, “Is that all there is?”

Mankind, Other Lazy Terms, Return to News Pages

By Sheila Gibbons ● Commentary ● March 12, 2003

Special Women’s History Month feature. Despite decades of effort to create nonsexist language, the mainstream media are returning to such words as “mankind” and “firemen” in stories and headlines.

Women’s Media Transformed by Internet

By Sheila Gibbons ● Arts & Culture ● January 29, 2003

Online women’s publications are booming, while print publications are struggling or folding. The trend is a mixed blessing: Online publications reach more and cost less to produce, but historians worry that online publications might not be archived.

Press Emphasized Pelosi’s Gender, Not Clout

By Sheila Gibbons ● Uncategorized ● January 5, 2003

While it is significant that Rep. Nancy Pelosi is the first female party leader in Congress, the media and Pelosi’s colleagues have been focusing on that at the expense of talking about her achievements and qualifications.

Biased Newsrooms Risk Losing Female Staff, Readers

By Sheila Gibbons ● Uncategorized ● November 20, 2002

A new study indicates that newspapers with more women in top-level jobs provide the type of coverage readers say they want: local, people-centered news coverage. Trouble is, most top newsroom women are looking for a way out, not up.

Female Correspondents Changing War Coverage

By Sheila Gibbons ● Uncategorized ● October 16, 2002

The growing acceptance of women war correspondents is ushering in a new kind of reporting for the new-style war–one in which the casualties are women and children more often than soldiers. Also, three courageous journalists receive recognition.

Top Jobs Elude Women in Broadcast News

By Sheila Gibbons ● Uncategorized ● September 25, 2002

Women are in TV newsrooms in record numbers–as reporters and directors–yet networks continue to pick middle-aged white males to anchor their news programs.

Drug Maker Should Take Chill Pill

By Sheila Gibbons ● Uncategorized ● August 21, 2002

In the first of our monthly columns on media, Sheila Gibbons dissects coverage of the government’s recent decision to end its study of the possible benefits of hormone replacement therapy. She finds that the media did its job well.

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