Annotated Bibliography

Mitchell, Kylie
Eng. 101
Darrow
4/7/10
Annotated Bibliography



Clifford, Sadie. "Women and Journalism." Rev. of: Feminist Review: War 88 (2008): 177-179. Women's Interest Module, ProQuest. Web. 6 Apr. 2010.

This article also touches on the trials and tribulations that women tend to face when pursuing a career such as journalism and how they have to constantly compete with men. It touches on how in a lot of stations and newspapers women are strictly used to write about feminine things such as celebrity gossip, make up, clothing and so on, while in the mean time the men get to write about everything else. In other words, they get the juicy stuff and therefore get more of an audience and gain more respect in the workforce. The article is written by a more feminist movement and explains how this is simply unfair. Now I am not a feminist by any means and while I do have my own independence I was raised in a more equal environment when it came to gender roles. I was not restricted to being either only a girly girl, or a tom boy. However, I do believe that a lot of men have an unfair advantage and most especially in the sports world. I would use this article as evidence in order to help demonstrate both sides of the argument starting with the very extreme feminist point of view and then later incorporate my own, not so extreme, views and possibly along with those of men who work in the journalism career and use their perception of women in the media and see if they notice a struggle.


Everbach, Tracy, and Craig Flournoy. "Women Leave Journalism For Better Pay, Work Conditions. " Newspaper Research Journal 28.3 (2007): 52-64. Humanities Module, ProQuest. Web. 6 Apr. 2010.

This article also covers what the previous one does, but seems to be more statistical and also covers some other issues. It touches on how women actually have outnumbered men in some journalism fields, however they don't maintain the longevity that men do in this profession, and mostly because of an increase in family obligations along with the glass ceiling in news rooms across the country. It goes on to discuss how men see the world of journalism differently than women, and that women constantly feel the need to be "one of the guys" when at work despite the fact that women have different concerns on what should be covered then men. There is a constant feeling of the need to conform to what men want, and most especially in sports journalism since it is technically a subject that is more embraced by men rather than women. This article also discusses a possible solution for news rooms to keep women on board, and to possibly help attain more women. This article can be of great help to me and mostly because of the statistics brought forth along with actual time frames and compare/contrast subjects when comparing journalism today and journalism throughout history. Having these facts and using them affectively will help the reader take my point seriously because they will be comforted in the fact that I actually did my research and could possibly know what I'm actually talking about and could subsequently help the reader to basically see things my way.

Hardin, Marie, Stacie Shain, and Kelly Shultz-Poniatowski. ""There's No Sex Attached to Your Occupation": The Revolving Door for Young Women in Sports Journalism. " Women in Sport & Physical Activity Journal 17.1 (2008): 68-79. Arts Module, ProQuest. Web. 6 Apr. 2010.

The majority of my sources are from the library database at Yavapai College, but in this particular article the authors go through in depth interviews and research in order to determine the longevity of women in a sports journalism career. It goes on to discuss how women tend to turn the other cheek to this career choice or ultimately leave the career as a whole. Many people believe that women in sports journalism are often plagued with condescending attitudes from men who believe that women are inferior when it comes to a career in sports journalism and in some cases, face sexual harassment issues. However, despite popular belief, most women choose to leave a journalism career because of other issues such as a growing family, inflexible schedules, lack of pay, and etc. I hope to use this article in order to help solidify my argument in my paper by helping the reader to understand why women only take up about 37% of the journalism careers today, and even less in the sports fields.


"SHE'S GOT IT COVERED." Scholastic Scope 6 Mar. 2006: Children's Module, ProQuest. Web. 6 Apr. 2010.


This article is a rather short article that I may or may not use. It discusses womens roll in news rooms and gives a list of examples and pictures of successful women whom we see on TV every day. It says that throughout history women in journalism have paved the way for younger women, and have inspired younger women to go out and pursue a predominantly male profession. It presents mini biographies of powerful women in the media from the late 1800's through today. I can use this to help prove a point, and to help my audience relate. If they correlate journalism, and the steps needed in order to become successful in such a career, with a woman that they know or have at least heard of once or twice, they could possibly be more open to hearing my point of view and pick a side of the argument.