Why does the double standard with coverage of women's sports live on?

1. Double Dribble:
Why Does the Double Standard
With Coverage of Women’s
Sports Live on?
AEJMC 2016
Presented by Steve Fox, University of Massachusetts
August, 2016

2. UConn Women Are ‘Too
Dominant’

3. College sports editors default to male sports.
College sports desks are missing women.
‘Boys Club’ mentality is perpetuated.

4. No 1: Promote women sportswriters in class.
Have women as guest speakers.
“Twenty-Five Years of Front-Page Journalism”

5. Don’t allow locker-room atmosphere in class.
Address gender issues in the industry and in coverage
early and often.
 Cut off mansplainers.

6. Challenge editors of college newspaper about dominance
of male sports.
Examine daily coverage of ESPN, networks, local outlets.
Not only coverage, but who is doing reporting?

7. Sports classes as well as sports desks tend to be
dominated by males.
Examine daily coverage of ESPN, networks, local outlets.
Not only coverage, but who is doing reporting?

8. Women students in sportswriting classes face a different
set of challenges.
Sexual harassment does happen on assignments.
Be aware and be ready to deal with it.