NYDailyNews op-ed writers: all men. Worse than the Wash Post's 14%.

[Captain Hilts]

Cross post with GD:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=5591693&mesg_id=5591693

Here they are:

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/columnists/index.ht...

Eight men, no women. So, 52% of the population is not represented on these pages. In terms of political content, women are diverse enough this might not have a big effect, but in terms of focus, it must have some effect. I began reading this page to read Lars Erik Nelson.

Two black men representing 13% of the population comprise 20% of the writers.

I read this paper a lot because I like it, but it really strikes me that in this day and age in such a high-profile newspaper, there are no women writers.

Sherry Ross used to write the hockey page in the NYDNews' sports page and I really liked her. She's now doing color commentary for the NJ Devils radio broadcasts.

[ismnotwasm]

1. Power is in the hands of white males

Same old shit. We make small inroads, small victories, but it's a ridiculous and destructive situation.

And it is about sexism and racism, not ability or availability. I'm surprised they have the statistical number of black men they do, and unsurprised about the gender statistics.