Missouri J-School

Two-thirds of students admitted to the Missouri School of Journalism in 1960 were men, according to an article published in the Columbia Missourian in 2007.

But that ratio has been reversed. Between 2004 and 2006, female students made up more than 66 percent of the school’s student body.

In the article, however, an administrator raised an important point: although the school trains more female than male reporters every year, that ratio is not reflected on the top level of news organizations, which remains the playground for men where women are often not welcome. This is supported by the results of a 2002 study of 273 newsroom managers conducted by the American Press Institute and Pew Center for Civic Journalism. The men surveyed were evenly distributed across the three categories: 32 percent were editors, 34 percent were managing editors and 34 percent were assisting managing editors. Women, on the other hand, had less presence in upper management: While a third of women worked as managing editors, about 50 percent were assistant managing editors, and only a handful were top execs.