In 2011, when you turn on the news you are more likely to find a male reporter than female telling you all the news going on in your area. Only 36% of reporters are women. Behind the scenes is not much different with only 27% of top management jobs held by women. South Africa ranks the highest with women in senior management positions with 8 in 10 held by a woman.
If women held the management positions in the media world would the news change? Many think that the difference in news stories reported would vary with a female producer compared to a male. Even if that was true, the vast difference in female to male management does not account for the opinion. The behavior in the work place will vary with female management but the present is the best time to work with the change.
The progress is slow but women will work their way up in the coming years to take over senior management positions. The younger generation is growing with the normal presence of women in upper management fields. Do you think that this problem of the glass ceiling will fix itself with time and the new working generation?
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Aimee Rankovich
This post surprises me so much. The lack of women in top management jobs in news is so surprising. At first I was even more surprised that South Africa is ranked the highest of countries with women in senior management positions. I thought it through, though. My brother has worked in South Africa as a business consultant and told me that it is a very developed country, especially in the business world. So after my initial surprise, I realize that it makes sense that South Africa is so much further than us in the progressive women movement!
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