Women make up just 18% of radio news directors and 22% of the local radio workforce overall, according to Women’s Media Center. “At NPR, meanwhile, women hold the top editorial position at five of the seven news programs, and make up nearly half the overall staff,” writes Jesse Ellison.
* How NPR became a hotbed for female journalists
I was going through some old files over the weekend and came across the infamous Bryant Gumbel memo to “Today” show executive producer Marty Ryan, written in 1988 and leaked in 1989. The New York Times’ Walter Goodman said in April of 1989 that “the commotion over the Gumbel memo offers the watchers of early-morning television a fresh perspective on the form” and that his “criticism of one co-worker for dumb carryings on and of others for unoriginality gave him the appearance of a vaudeville piano player clucking his tongue over how the jugglers are distracting the customers from his Liszt concertos.”
* Only Jane Pauley escaped unscathed in the memo (Los Angeles Times)
* Pauley says she didn’t read it (Deseret News)
I thought I’d share the memo with readers who didn’t see it 23 years ago.
* Photographer who shot image of of John-John saluting JFK’s coffin is dead. Stan Stearns was 76. (Washington Post)
* Greensboro reporter is a bit puzzled after the FBI shows up at his home (News-Record.com)
* Before he started making movies, Stanley Kubrick was “a star photojournalist.” (Retronaut.com)
* Magazine publishers are trying to decide whether to bundle app editions with print subscriptions or sell each medium separately. (AdAge.com)
* Roger Ailes surprises everyone by writing a blurb for Rachel Maddow’s new book. (New York)
* Paul Farhi asks: Did Rush Limbaugh just have his Don Imus Moment? (Washington Post)
* Newsman writes own obit, says he “looked forward to growing old…and saying things like ‘by cracky.’ Sadly, that was not to be.” (Legacy.com)
* Rolling Stone’s Eric Bates says death-of-print conversations are about newspapers, not magazines. (WWD.com)
* Dan Gillmor says it’s time for journalists to examine more closely all aspects of Apple and its power. (The Guardian)
* News & Observer wins Taylor Family Award for Fairness for “Twisted Truth: A Prosecutor Under Fire.” (Nieman Foundation)
A new Pew Research study based on analysis of private financial data from 38 newspapers found that those papers are losing $7 in print advertising for every $1 they’re gaining in new digital revenue. “Different management approaches can make a significant difference in performance,” say the study authors. “Some papers were growing both print and digital revenue and others had nearly matched print losses with digital dollars.” || Read the report and summary || Newspapers put faith in paywalls
