On Friday October. 27th, on the Front page there was a column involving wives of high school football coaches (gender – women) who attend the games every week in support of their husband’s team. There are no gender/race articles in the business section. In the Sports section, there are articles regarding the football scores of the previous night, and statistics. There was also an article that was previewed on the Front page about high school football coach’s wives and how they support their husbands. There were no gender/race articles in the Arts section. STATES: 2/4 articles had race/gender relations.
On Saturday October 28th, the Front page was about David Archuleta, the runner up on American Idol, who visited Seton high school due to a radio contest win. This involves gender, where the students of the all girl school “idolize” the male singer. There were no race/gender articles in the Business section. The sports section had headlines of football teams, with their wins and losses. There was also an article about the Cyclones raising their championship banner in the US bank arena; all articles dealt with men sports. In the Arts section, article with race and gender is in this section. STATS: 2/4 articles had race/gender relations.
On Sunday October 26th, the Front page article was about the Obama/McCain election in Ohio, with that was a picture of an African American man cutting a woman’s hair. The caption underneath the picture said that he owned the shop, and it was one of the few in the African American neighborhood; in the background of the shop was a poster of Barack Obama, leading readers to believe he is an Obama supporter. In the sports section there was an article regarding the Norte Dame Girls volleyball team winning against St. Henry, leading them to the state tournament. There was also an article about the Bengals loss the day before. Both articles involve both genders. There were no race/gender articles in the Arts section. In the business section there was an article about P&G signing a deal in the fashion business (gender – women), for Rochas fashions. This company use to be for celebrities only, but could not make it, so P&G are resigning them as well as their perfume line. STATS: ¾ articles had race/gender relations.
On Monday October 27th, the Bengals were on the front page of the Enquirer, which deals with gender. It was about the team becoming the number one draft pick for next year. Most of the other articles dealt with sports involving men (Elder high school football, Cincinnati Bearcats football). This shows that most headlines and stories in the Sports section involved men based sports, since they are more popular than women sports. There were no gender/race related issues on the front page of the paper. In the business section, P&G revealed a new feminine care product that is definitely geared toward women (gender) it stated that the product had more protection and can contain more absorption. Finally, in the art section there is an article about a new exhibit in thee Cincinnati Art Museum that involved Chinese designs and styles as well as an article about a girl who will be the first African fashion designer at the Taft Museum. Both of these stories are in regard to race. STATS: ¾ articles had race/gender relations
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