Role Of Women in Sports Journalism

Abstract

   Even though women have gained wide acceptance in the workplace as an equal to men, the field of sports journalism lacks modern gender equality due to the still-evident practice of gender discrimination against women.  Women  are discriminated against both in and on the field, by both the coaches they cover and the players with which they interact.  Many female sports journalists can attest to verbal, in addition to sexual, harassment.  In the workplace, female reporters face discrimination from their coworkers and sometimes editors.  These factors make it extremely difficult for women to advance in the career, despite the fact that they have remarked that they love the job.  Even though the field is said to have been desegregated, females should be fully integrated for the industry of sports media to finally establish the modern ideal of gender equality.

Keywords- Role Of Women, Sports Journalism, modern ideal and gender equality.