INNCD Investigates
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Part One: Women in The
Newsroom
Febuary 5, 2006
Do you trust your station to deliver a newscast that is fair in equal
rights where it is a male and a female delivering the news in a fair
and honest manner? If you do, you may have second thoughts based on an
INNCD Investigation.
Over a five-week period, INNCD News Anchor Ava Nieves visited 94
television sites that offer newscasts in 27 markets as far west as San
Antonio and as far east as New York and Florida. Actually, she visited
the station personalities pages. Some were good and follwed today's
newscast standards. But most had two female anchor pairs, which is now
not very uncommon in markets large and smal according to a July 2006
Washington Post article. We found out that 17 stations (six from our
area) we visited had slightly more men than women delivering
newscasts--and only one station had an anchor position open.
We ended up finding out that stations in Miami, Dayton,
Pensacola,Tallahassee, Fort Meyers, Panama City, Peoria, Philadelphia,
Dallas, Tampa, Orlando, Peoria, Cincinnati, Louisville, Houston, and
Dallas had more men wither anchoring and/or reporting newscaasts. What
we found was far more shocking than a newscast of equality (when it
comes to gender roles.) We found out that more women are anchoring
newscasts in New York, Philadelphia, and in all ten markets in Florida.
We learned that only three markets in Floirda (Orlando, Fort Meyers,
and Miami), four markets serving Indiana (Chicago, Cincinnati,
Louisville, and South Bend), New York City, and Philadelphia are
actually following a new trend. And along with those markets, six of
those newscasts with that new trend are ranked number one in the
Nielesen Ratings. You won't hear from those news directors, but viewers
and news officials are speaking out .
Shane Elmore says, "I think I will stop watching WXIN's newscasts and
watch another station. They broke the rules."
Tribune Broadcasting, Belo, LIN Television, Nexstar Broadcasting,
Hearst-Argyle, and Raycom Media some of the largest media giants that
owns stations in the INNCD area, say that they are proud of their news
operations. Officials from those media giants do not want to talk on
camera, but they should be sending us statements.
How We Did This Test
For this investigation, INNCD did research on all broadcast stations
with local news in all merkets that serve Indiana and Florida, as well
as San Antonio, Austin, Houston, Dallas, Peoria, New York, and
Philadelphia. We did not test WFFT Fort Wayne, WBND South Bend, and
WEVV Evansville since they have no news operation, nor did we access
job openings, even for anchor/reporter. We looked at their biographies
very closely and a number of stations failed to create back-up plans
for anchors and fill-in anchors.
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INNCD Anchor Ava Nieves Visits
KHOU-TV's News Staff Page
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