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Female bylines drop at Wall Street Journal

March 22, 2017

Posted by Chris Roush

Women's Media CenterThe percentage of female bylines at the Wall Street Journal dropped by five percentage points in a three-month period of 2016, according to a study released by the Women’s Media Center.

The had 65.7 percent male bylines and 34.3 percent female bylines, down from 39.2 percent in 2015. The study analyzed bylines from Sept. 1 to Nov. 30.

In comparison, the New York Times had 61.0 percent male bylines and 39.0 percent female bylines, up from 32.3 percent in 2015.

The study also noted the discrepancy between male and female pay at the Journal, stating:

Women earned roughly 87 cents for every dollar men earned at Dow Jones and its flagship international newspaper, The Wall Street Journal, according to officials of the union representing those workers.

While white men earned more than all other Dow Jones workers, black women earned the least on what union officials, in a March 2016 report, characterized as a racially biased pay scale.

To read the full report, go here.

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