Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Authors' biographies; Acknowledgements; A note on usage; Introduction; 1 Early women journalists: 1850-1945; 2 Women journalists in the post-war period; 3 The education and training of women journalists; 4 'One of the boys'? Women's experiences of the glass ceiling; 5 Gendered newsroom cultures and values; 6 Challenges to sexism and discrimination; 7 The 'first wave' of women's alternative journalism; 8 Women's alternative print journalism of the 'second' and 'third' waves; 9 Women's alternative media in broadcasting and the Internet
Summary
Women and Journalism offers a rich and comprehensive analysis of the roles, status and experiences of women journalists in the United States and Britain, from nineteenth century pioneers to modern day women war correspondants
Analysis
Media industries
Media studies - publishing & print media
Women's studies
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-263) and index
