Can tackling awards inequality help close journalism’s gender gap?

Next week, 400 of the most senior members of British journalism are expected to gather in a Park Lane ballroom to celebrate the best in the trade. If last year is anything to go by, there will be one table of women in a room almost entirely filled with white men. This year, just 20 women were shortlisted along with 94 men, the lowest percentage for at least six years. The only category in which women enjoy hegemony is the Georgina Henry Women in Journalism prize and, as the name perhaps suggests, only women can enter that one. Read More…