Newsqueens? A Comparative Analysis of Women's Roles in Network News.

Women are increasingly being appointed to more prominent on camera roles in network news, including CBS's hire of former morning news anchor Katie Couric to anchor the "CBS Evening News." But does this new prominence result in more on-air time for women overall? And how has network story coverage and placement shifted as a result of these personnel chages. This study compares data collected in 1986 and 2007 to analyze if the roles of women in network news across all shows and time slots changed between these years. This comparative content analysis of network news programming looks at issues of story type, story placement, reporter gender, and reporter race. The study expands from other studies in that includes early morning news shows, morning news programs, news magazine shows, and overnight news. We believe this is the first time that a comprehensive comparison of all news programming aired on the three broadcast networks has been undertaken. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]