Action Alert | Two Papers of Record Fall Behind the Times, the Financial Times and New York Times

First up, we have the Financial Times

The Financial Times released a list of the UK’s top 100 entrepreneurs, which caught the eye of Cindy Gallop, because there are ONLY THREE WOMEN ON THE LIST.

A fourth woman was added after publication, which raised the number of women to all of 4%. Notably, 50% of the women listed were also included in the article’s header image. We call that camouflaging.

The actual numbers speak for themselves, and they are dismal. It’s time to change your criteria, Financial Times.

Hey @FT, your list of the UK’s top 100 entrepreneurs is missing women. If your criteria yield just 4% women and zero women of color, change it! You have the platform to celebrate diversity in entrepreneurship. Use it! h/t @cindygallop #GenderAvenger https://www.genderavenger.com/blog/action-alert-financial-times-and-new-york-times-fall-behind

Next up, there’s the New York Times

The New York Times published the quiz, “If America Had Six Parties, Which Would You Belong To?”. Avenger Britt Cocanour took the quiz so you don’t have to.

Each of the six imaginary political parties included a short list of well-known politicians and media personalities as ideological examples. Across all six lists, a total of 22 individuals were listed. Only three of them, or 14%, are women. That is actually worse than the representation of women in the US Senate (24%).

It is the responsibility of the New York Times to make sure that the strides it is making on diversity in the newsroom are also present in their content.

We were excited about @nytopinion's quiz on political parties… until we saw that of 22 people cited as ideological examples, only 14% were women. Even US Congress has more. Luckily you can fix this w/out an election. H/T @brittcocanour #GenderAvenger https://www.genderavenger.com/blog/action-alert-financial-times-and-new-york-times-fall-behind