Brazil: Need for National Debate on Women in Journalism

Abstract

This chapter sets out to describe the current situation for women in Brazilian newsrooms, using survey data from 15 news companies — print and TV — in 11 of the 27 Brazilian states. The discussion explores the facts about women in journalism in Brazil, as revealed by the Global Report on the Status of Women in the News Media (Global Report) (Byerly 2011), as well as other relevant information from both academic and non-academic sources. All companies surveyed for the Global Report were located in state capitals. In some cases, more than one company was surveyed per city, as was the case in the federal capital, Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Belo Horizonte. Together, these are among the highest gross domestic product (GDP)-producing cities in the country. They are part of Brazil’s Southeast region (Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Belo Horizonte) or Central region (Brasilia, Federal District), which together constitute a major axis of media influence. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

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