Stories by Sheila Gibbons
Sheila Gibbons is editor of Media Report to Women, a quarterly journal of news, research and commentary about women and media.
The media have pegged Michelle Obama as mom and moral arbiter. But the Ivy League-educated lawyer's background raises bigger questions.
Posted on Jan 5, 2009, Source: Women's eNews
The good, the bad and the ugly of this political season's media coverage of women.
Posted on Nov 25, 2008, Source: Women's eNews
Though women make 85 percent of all consumer purchases, marketers rarely recognize the extent of women's buying power, technical savvy or confidence.
Posted on May 15, 2008, Source: Women's eNews
Wedding costs have doubled in 20 years and lavish destination weddings are up five-fold from a decade ago. The bridal media are courting women to consent to fantasy-land spending.
Posted on Aug 6, 2007, Source: Women's eNews
Only 22 states and Puerto Rico specifically prohibit employers from inquiring about applicants' marital status. That means "maternal profiling" is a real problem for many women.
Posted on Dec 27, 2006, Source: Women's eNews
Not all working women fare as well as high-profile mother-of-five Pelosi: How employer bias is going underreported and squeezing women out of the workplace.
Posted on Nov 29, 2006, Source: Women's eNews
Washingtonian Magazine's list of the Top 50 D.C. journalists is light on women and yes, it is meaningful.
Posted on Dec 20, 2005, Source: AlterNet
Forbes' latest roster of the world's most powerful women reads like a list of who's
not making news.
Posted on Aug 26, 2005, Source: Women's eNews
Less than 4 percent of editorial cartoonists on major syndicates are female. It would almost be funny, if it didn't smack of sexism.
Posted on May 21, 2005, Source: Women's eNews
Science reporting on gender differences is remarkably different in conservative and liberal newspapers; depending on which you read, gender stereotypes are either confirmed or challenged.
Posted on Nov 23, 2004, Source: Women's eNews
The wives of modern presidential candidates are smart, independent women – but no one in the media seems to notice.
Posted on Aug 3, 2004, Source: Women's eNews
More magazine's content seems more geared to concealing the age of its forty-plus women readers than celebrating it.
Posted on Mar 16, 2004, Source: Women's eNews
The glass ceiling seems shatter-proof at media companies, where men still hold the vast majority of leadership positions, make higher salaries and sit on more boards.
Posted on Jan 21, 2004, Source: Women's eNews
Magazines aimed at teenage girls offer endless tips on how to look hot, right alongside cautionary tales of sexual excess.
Posted on Nov 4, 2003, Source: Women's eNews
The new Lifetime magazine promises to reach "real women," but recycles all that is tired, traditional and trite about women's media.
Posted on Jul 3, 2003, Source: Women's eNews
Despite decades of effort, the mainstream media are returning to such words as "mankind" and "firemen" in stories and headlines.
Posted on Mar 13, 2003, Source: Women's eNews
While print publications aimed at women are struggling to stay in business, their online sisters are booming.
Posted on Feb 27, 2003, Source: Women's eNews
Women offer the kind of reporting needed to cover modern warfare -- one in which the casualties are women and children more often than soldiers.
Posted on Nov 4, 2002, Source: Women's eNews
Women are in TV newsrooms in record numbers -- as reporters and directors -- yet networks continue to pick middle-aged white males to anchor their news programs.
Posted on Oct 15, 2002, Source: Women's eNews
