GENDER INEQUALITY IN INDIAN MEDIA
A Preliminary Analysis
gender inequality in indian media 1 Published in 2019. TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1
INTRODUCTION 4
METHODOLOGY 5
RESEARCH LIMITATIONS 7
SECTIONS
English Newspapers 9
Hindi Newspapers 13
English Television News 17
Hindi Television News 21
Digital Media 25
Magazines 29
Radio 33
APPENDIX 34
PROJECT TEAM 36 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Leadership Positions We calculated the representation of women in newsroom leadership positions1. A journalist was defined to hold a leadership position if they were designated editor-in-chief, managing editor, executive editor, bureau chief, or input/output editor. A journalist holding more than one of these positions in the same newsroom wasLEADERSHIP counted only once. The table PROGRAMMES below shows what we found.
Number of Women in Newsroom Leadership Positions
0% 13.6% 20.9% 26.3%