Who Makes The News?

Despite significant gains in some countries and on certain platforms, women are still seriously underrepresented in the media globally when it comes to who holds leadership positions in the media, who is consulted by the media as an expert source, and whose stories are told by the media, according to the latest survey of 114 countries by the Global Media Monitoring Project. Below are some key findings from the study relevant to RFE/RL’s broadcast region.