One can find many web sites about women in the media while searching the Internet. It's very interesting how more and more women are getting involved with this business. An article titled, "Media Attracting More Women", by Julie Gonzales. This article states brief blurbs about women in the media.
Throughout the article, many people ranging from newspaper editors to college professors state that the number of women studying journalism has increased. In addition more women than men are studying journalism in the universities and reporting for newspapers. The article expresses positive and negative views about women journalists.
In the article, Edith S. Auslander, the vice president for Human Resources at Tucson Newspapers, said "It is very rare to see women writing for a sports page." On the other hand, Jim Patten, head of the Journalism Department at the University of Arizona, said 60% of the students studying journalism in his department are women. If you want to read the article, take a look at women in journalism.
Many colleges and universities across the United States offer communications as a major, and in recent years more women than men have been attracted to broadcast journalism. In New York, there are programs at Columbia University, New York University, and Syracuse University. Find out about more college programs.