As per a study conducted by Newslaundry across India, newspapers in English were dominated by male journalists with The Telegraph having the highest representation of this gender at over 87 percent. Meanwhile Business Standard had a female representation of roughly 37 percent, the highest among all seven publications surveyed. None of the sampled newspapers had any representation of journalists belonging to the other gender.
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Various sources (The Media Rumble). (October 20, 2022). Gender distribution of journalists working in selected English newspapers across India in 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1363050/india-gender-ratio-of-english-newspaper-journalists/
Various sources (The Media Rumble). "Gender distribution of journalists working in selected English newspapers across India in 2022." Chart. October 20, 2022. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1363050/india-gender-ratio-of-english-newspaper-journalists/
Various sources (The Media Rumble). (2022). Gender distribution of journalists working in selected English newspapers across India in 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1363050/india-gender-ratio-of-english-newspaper-journalists/
Various sources (The Media Rumble). "Gender Distribution of Journalists Working in Selected English Newspapers across India in 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Oct 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1363050/india-gender-ratio-of-english-newspaper-journalists/
Various sources (The Media Rumble), Gender distribution of journalists working in selected English newspapers across India in 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1363050/india-gender-ratio-of-english-newspaper-journalists/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Gender distribution of journalists working in selected English newspapers across India in 2022 [Graph], Various sources (The Media Rumble), October 20, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1363050/india-gender-ratio-of-english-newspaper-journalists/