The statistic shows the gender distribution of evening broadcast TV news anchors on selected networks in the United States as of November 2017. The data reveals that men reported almost twice as much as women on ABC, PBS, NBC and CBS. The network with the least gender parity was ABC News, where 65 percent of anchors, correspondents or reporters were male.
Distribution of evening broadcast TV news anchors on selected networks in the United States as of November 2017, by gender
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Women's Media Center. (February 21, 2019). Distribution of evening broadcast TV news anchors on selected networks in the United States as of November 2017, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/995832/tv-news-anchors-gender-distribution/
Women's Media Center. "Distribution of evening broadcast TV news anchors on selected networks in the United States as of November 2017, by gender." Chart. February 21, 2019. Statista. Accessed December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/995832/tv-news-anchors-gender-distribution/
Women's Media Center. (2019). Distribution of evening broadcast TV news anchors on selected networks in the United States as of November 2017, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/995832/tv-news-anchors-gender-distribution/
Women's Media Center. "Distribution of Evening Broadcast Tv News Anchors on Selected Networks in The United States as of November 2017, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Feb 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/995832/tv-news-anchors-gender-distribution/
Women's Media Center, Distribution of evening broadcast TV news anchors on selected networks in the United States as of November 2017, by gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/995832/tv-news-anchors-gender-distribution/ (last visited December 23, 2024)
Distribution of evening broadcast TV news anchors on selected networks in the United States as of November 2017, by gender [Graph], Women's Media Center, February 21, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/995832/tv-news-anchors-gender-distribution/