In pictures

Next to the elevator on the 7th floor are two photos. One of the class of 1932




and one of the class of 1957.



The 1932 class is mixed gender-wise, but the 1957 class is almost entirely male.

Back when college and grad school were more for the elite, the journalism school had gender balance. After the war when returning vets went to school and women went back home, women were not attending j-school as much.

The 2008 class picture is more women than men--in a time when women are out-pacing men in undergraduate degrees, etc.



Also, in terms of awards, for the past two years, 60 percent of the Pulitzer Fellowships went to women.