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| Why can't David Cameron find female political journalists to question him? | Why can't David Cameron find female political journalists to question him? |
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| Where have all the women in the lobby gone? That's the question both former political journalist Cathy Newman and Guido Fawkes have been asking after both David Cameron and Nick Clegg failed to take a single question from a female journalist at the midterm review press conference. | Where have all the women in the lobby gone? That's the question both former political journalist Cathy Newman and Guido Fawkes have been asking after both David Cameron and Nick Clegg failed to take a single question from a female journalist at the midterm review press conference. |
| As both Newman and Fawkes have pointed out, this has something to do with the minimal number of women present at the event. Or as Newman wrote "the Prime Minister can't be accused of favouring the men as there was barely a woman in the room". | As both Newman and Fawkes have pointed out, this has something to do with the minimal number of women present at the event. Or as Newman wrote "the Prime Minister can't be accused of favouring the men as there was barely a woman in the room". |
| So how many of the parliamentary lobby journalists are female? By compiling a list of the reporters for newspapers, websites, magazines, periodicals and a selection of broadcasting organisations from the Parliamentary Press Gallery listings, we've attempted to see how this breaks down in numbers. We've only included journalists listed with membership of the parliamentary lobby on the Parliamentary Press Gallery site. | So how many of the parliamentary lobby journalists are female? By compiling a list of the reporters for newspapers, websites, magazines, periodicals and a selection of broadcasting organisations from the Parliamentary Press Gallery listings, we've attempted to see how this breaks down in numbers. We've only included journalists listed with membership of the parliamentary lobby on the Parliamentary Press Gallery site. |
| Only 23.1% of the parliamentary lobby journalists for national daily newspapers are female and none of the political editors are women. The list also shows that the Daily Mirror and The Independent both have all male political teams. | Only 23.1% of the parliamentary lobby journalists for national daily newspapers are female and none of the political editors are women. The list also shows that the Daily Mirror and The Independent both have all male political teams. |
| Although only 20% of the political reporters on national Sunday papers are female, unlike the national daily papers, there are a couple of female political editors listed; Jane Merrick at the Independent on Sunday, Isabel Oakeshott at the Sunday Times and Kirsty Buchanan at the Sunday Express. | |
| All the reporters listed for the websites which include Conservative Home, Politics.co.uk and Politics Home are male and there is only one female political journalist listed in the magazines and periodicals section; Isabel Hardman at the Spectator. | All the reporters listed for the websites which include Conservative Home, Politics.co.uk and Politics Home are male and there is only one female political journalist listed in the magazines and periodicals section; Isabel Hardman at the Spectator. |
| We also looked at broadcasters but did not include regional newspapers, broadcasters or political journalists in our analysis. We only included reporters with membership of the parliamentary lobby. | We also looked at broadcasters but did not include regional newspapers, broadcasters or political journalists in our analysis. We only included reporters with membership of the parliamentary lobby. |
| In her piece, Newman suggests that broadcasters are better at female representation and looking at the figures for broadcasters we may be inclined to agree that they are slightly better. 32.1% of the broadcast political journalists are female although this includes Newman herself as a presenter of Channel 4 News. | In her piece, Newman suggests that broadcasters are better at female representation and looking at the figures for broadcasters we may be inclined to agree that they are slightly better. 32.1% of the broadcast political journalists are female although this includes Newman herself as a presenter of Channel 4 News. |
| However it's not all so rosy, the BBC, ITN, Channel 4 News and Sky TV News all have male political editors; Gary Gibbon at Channel 4 News, Nick Robinson at the BBC, Tom Bradby at ITN and Adam Boulton at Sky TV News. | However it's not all so rosy, the BBC, ITN, Channel 4 News and Sky TV News all have male political editors; Gary Gibbon at Channel 4 News, Nick Robinson at the BBC, Tom Bradby at ITN and Adam Boulton at Sky TV News. |
| Of all the political journalists across the national newspapers, websites, magazines, periodicals and the selection of broadcasting organisations we looked at, only 22% are female. A similar figure was found by Jane Martinson in her research into female representation in newspapers and by Kira Cocharne when she analysed a range of national publications and the Today programme. Charlotte Higgins also found a worryingly low amount of women represented in the theatre with only 24% of theatre directors being women. The figure shouldn't come as such a suprise when you consider thatfemale representation in the Houses of Parliament is recorded as 22.3% according to statistics published by the Inter-Parliamentary Union and UN Women. | Of all the political journalists across the national newspapers, websites, magazines, periodicals and the selection of broadcasting organisations we looked at, only 22% are female. A similar figure was found by Jane Martinson in her research into female representation in newspapers and by Kira Cocharne when she analysed a range of national publications and the Today programme. Charlotte Higgins also found a worryingly low amount of women represented in the theatre with only 24% of theatre directors being women. The figure shouldn't come as such a suprise when you consider thatfemale representation in the Houses of Parliament is recorded as 22.3% according to statistics published by the Inter-Parliamentary Union and UN Women. |
| Our list, compiled from a record of all political reporters as published on the Parliamentary Press Gallery site was last updated a couple of months ago so although for example, the Guardian's Hélène Mulholland is listed, she has since left the organisation. We've used this record as we were interested in looking at journalists with membership of the parliamentary lobby. The lobby is also one of the easiest areas in journalism for which to get figures, because membership is publicly available. Can you do anything interesting with the data? | Our list, compiled from a record of all political reporters as published on the Parliamentary Press Gallery site was last updated a couple of months ago so although for example, the Guardian's Hélène Mulholland is listed, she has since left the organisation. We've used this record as we were interested in looking at journalists with membership of the parliamentary lobby. The lobby is also one of the easiest areas in journalism for which to get figures, because membership is publicly available. Can you do anything interesting with the data? |
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| Political journalists with lobby membership by organisation and gender | Political journalists with lobby membership by organisation and gender |
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| Source: The Parliamentary Press Gallery | Source: The Parliamentary Press Gallery |
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