This research investigates the news coverage of male and female reporters at 3 U.S. daily newspapers to determine whether gender differences result in reporting differences. Results of the content analysis revealed reporter differences due to gender for sourcing, story topic, and story tone in that female reporters drew upon a greater diversity of sources, stereotyped less, and wrote more positive stories than did male reporters. The size of the newspaper and ratio of male-to-female reporters and editors mediated these differences to a large degree. Socialization is offered as a theoretical explanation for the findings, and follow-up interviews with female reporters at each newspaper confirmed that socialization processes contributed to the reporting differences found here.
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