Where Has the Media Gone?

The number of women competing as professional athletes has grown in number year after year, but for some reason the media seems to have lost interest. A study by the University of Southern California shows that the networks covering women’s sports is in a twenty-year low.

Let’s do the math: More women + More cable channels = Less coverage….Just doesn’t make sense!

The graph below, shows that in 2004 6.5% of network news coverage was dedicated to women’s sports, but today that number is only 1.6%.