The news media is supposed to be a mirror of our society. It’s how many of us become informed about the events that shape our society and affect our lives. Unfortunately, we live in a world of inequality, with white, heterosexual men disproportionately occupying positions of power across many areas of our industry, politics and culture. For example, only 23% of the U.S. Congress  are female, with numbers being only marginally better in the UK  and Australia . When the news media holds up its mirror, the stories told and the people given a voice, come predominantly from a privileged minority.

#gender-equality #dataset #data-science #web-scraping #data