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Towards a Level Playing Field: sport and gender in Australian media January 2008–July 2009 University of New South Wales Journalism and Media Research Centre and Media Monitors joint research for the Australian Sports Commission Towards a Level Playing Field: sport and gender in Australian media January 2008–July 2009 Principal researchers: • Professor Catharine Lumby, Director, Journalism and Media Research Centre, University of New South Wales • Dr Helen Caple, Research Associate, Journalism and Media Research Centre, University of New South Wales • Dr Kate Greenwood, Senior Portfolio Analyst, Media Monitors ii Towards a Level Playing Field: sport and gender in Australian media Acknowledgments Many people assisted in the production of this research. Thank you to Dr Petra Nolan for providing excellent assistance in the project management and editing of the Journalism and Media Research Centre section of the report, and Ciara Ward for her care in editing the Media Monitors sections of the fi nal document. A signifi cant debt of gratitude is owed to Hope Clutterham and Carly Logan at Media Monitors for their invaluable input into the conception and execution, respectively, of Sections Two to Five. Particular acknowledgment goes to Sareh Aminian for her contribution to Section Two, David Vallence for outstanding work on Section Four, and Iain Wright and Peter Prior for Section Five. Special thanks to Peter Hannagan, Bill Hawker, Dayne Smith and Ilse Steyn for their painstaking research assistance, and Lilla Smee for her excellent data analysis. The Australian Sports Commission is the Australian Government agency that manages, develops and invests in sport at all levels.
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