#GAReads | The Wall Street Journal Admits It Has A Gender Problem, Pledges To Fix It
by Adrian MB [CC BY-NC-ND 2.0], via Flickr
"The Wall Street Journal Admits It Has A Gender Problem, Pledges To Fix It":
After months of internal criticism and increasing press attention, The Wall Street Journal’s parent company, Dow Jones, just announced a new effort to tackle gender equality at the paper, which has a reported gender pay gap and a clear lack of women leaders.
In an email to all Dow Jones staff, the company’s chief executive, William Lewis, said he plans on hiring a “diversity and inclusion specialist” to spearhead the effort, which will ultimately also focus on race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and other areas.