Suzanne Franks is Professor of Journalism at City University London. She was formerly Director of Research at the Centre for Journalism, University of Kent and a news and current affairs producer for the BBC, working on Newsnight, the Money Programme, and Panorama. Her publications include Reporting Disasters - Famine, Aid, Politics and the Media and Having None of It: Women, Men and the Future of Work.

• Executive SummaryIntroduction1.1Backwards and Forwards – Onwards and Upwards1.2 Where Does It All Begin? The Feminisation of Journalism Education2 Where Are The Women?2.1 Getting Older2.2 Who Does What 2.3 National By-Lines2.4 Newshounds And Features Bunnies2.5 Just Call me a Man 3. Beyond The Glass Ceiling3.1 Highlighting Exceptions – The Glass Menagerie 3.2 Changing Directions ....Sliding Glass Doors 3.3 New Ways To Work4 A Feminised News Agenda4.1 The Rise of Lifestyle4.2 Who is making the news?4.3 Future Trends

There is a lot of chatter about the under-representation of women in British newsrooms, but Suzanne Franks gives us the facts and figures. It makes for alarming reading. Lindsey Hilsum, International Editor, Channel 4 News

Suzanne Franks is Professor of Journalism at City University London. She was formerly Director of Research at the Centre for Journalism, University of Kent and a news and current affairs producer for the BBC, working on Newsnight, the Money Programme, and Panorama. Her publications include Reporting Disasters - Famine, Aid, Politics and the Media and Having None of It: Women, Men and the Future of Work.

• Executive SummaryIntroduction1.1Backwards and Forwards – Onwards and Upwards1.2 Where Does It All Begin? The Feminisation of Journalism Education2 Where Are The Women?2.1 Getting Older2.2 Who Does What 2.3 National By-Lines2.4 Newshounds And Features Bunnies2.5 Just Call me a Man 3. Beyond The Glass Ceiling3.1 Highlighting Exceptions – The Glass Menagerie 3.2 Changing Directions ....Sliding Glass Doors 3.3 New Ways To Work4 A Feminised News Agenda4.1 The Rise of Lifestyle4.2 Who is making the news?4.3 Future Trends

There is a lot of chatter about the under-representation of women in British newsrooms, but Suzanne Franks gives us the facts and figures. It makes for alarming reading. Lindsey Hilsum, International Editor, Channel 4 News

Suzanne Franks is Professor of Journalism at City University London. She was formerly Director of Research at the Centre for Journalism, University of Kent and a news and current affairs producer for the BBC, working on Newsnight, the Money Programme, and Panorama. Her publications include Reporting Disasters - Famine, Aid, Politics and the Media and Having None of It: Women, Men and the Future of Work.

• Executive SummaryIntroduction1.1Backwards and Forwards – Onwards and Upwards1.2 Where Does It All Begin? The Feminisation of Journalism Education2 Where Are The Women?2.1 Getting Older2.2 Who Does What 2.3 National By-Lines2.4 Newshounds And Features Bunnies2.5 Just Call me a Man 3. Beyond The Glass Ceiling3.1 Highlighting Exceptions – The Glass Menagerie 3.2 Changing Directions ....Sliding Glass Doors 3.3 New Ways To Work4 A Feminised News Agenda4.1 The Rise of Lifestyle4.2 Who is making the news?4.3 Future Trends

There is a lot of chatter about the under-representation of women in British newsrooms, but Suzanne Franks gives us the facts and figures. It makes for alarming reading. Lindsey Hilsum, International Editor, Channel 4 News