Two Female Journalists Shared Their Working Experiences to Communication Students at Saint Louis University.
Sarah Fentem, from KWMU and Lauren Trager from KMOV, attended a Q & A session to share their work experiences as a journalist for Communication major students at Saint Louis University last Thursday.
Lauren Trager mentioned a trend that majority of the reporters on TV are female, and their hairstyle, makeup and dress has becoming similar, which means that it seems that there is a hidden industry standard on female reporter’s public image. Simultaneously, gender inequality has emerged among the news industry. ‘More males employed when it comes to news management.’ Trager added. Trager hopes that more women will become news directors and producers in the future. According to Sarah Fentem, however, that phenomenon of sexism is less happened than TV in public radio station. ‘I feel digital image thing give audiences more chances to judge and criticize.’ Fentem said.
The Q & A was held in room 207, Xavier Hall and started at 9:30 a.m. lasted about one and a half hours.
Chao News 