The Daily Iowan WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2021 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COMMUNITY SINCE 1868 DAILYIOWAN.COM 50¢ INSIDE 4A THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2021 Vaccine experts say don’t wait on a brand this June, so when you go or have seen Sage Steele on through something like that ESPN … It’s no longer unusual you feel the pressure to do to have women. We are a part Amplifysomething in the health care of this group, and we have 4Afield. shown that we belong.” Sports media Although more women are This week, the FDA issued emergency-use authorization for a single-dose Johnson and Johnson vaccine. making their way into the sports media field, the fear of being harassed on social not just for men media doesn’t stop. Accord- ing to a 2014 report by the In- tion, there are two reporters as the percentage of women ternational Women’s Media Women in sports media share stories that identify as women out sports reporters has stayed the Foundation, nearly one-third about their experiences in a traditionally of 10 sports reporters in the same since 2012. of female journalists consider print sports section. Women Leah Vann was named the leaving the profession because male-dominated field. are more represented in DITV new Cedar Rapids Gazette Io- of online attacks and threats. sports, as over half of DITV wa football beat reporter in Contributed “I have never once felt BY CHLOE PETERSON leaders in the newsroom.” sports staffers — five out of January, making her the first Leah Vann threatened by any athlete that
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