Margaret E Ward: Irish media has a problem with women
Women make up fewer than one-third of Irish media professionals, even less at top level. How can the industry report on society if it doesn’t reflect it, asks Margaret E Ward
Margaret E Ward
Margaret E. Ward
But if any of us analysed Irish media today what might we find?
Whose opinions, experiences, and interests are reflected in the pages of national newspapers, during the radio segments that shape public opinion and on influential TV programmes?
Does this snapshot truly represent Irish society? Whose voices are missing or underrepresented? Why?