Comments on: Show Producer’s Blog http://www.theworld.org/2012/01/show-producers-blog/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=show-producers-blog Global Perspectives for an American Audience Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Anonymous http://www.theworld.org/2012/01/show-producers-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-22961 Anonymous Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:48:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=100867#comment-22961 More fodder for the discussion from across the pond: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/the-womens-blog-with-jane-martinson/2012/jan/10/radio-4-today-dominated-men More fodder for the discussion from across the pond: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/the-womens-blog-with-jane-martinson/2012/jan/10/radio-4-today-dominated-men

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.theworld.org/2012/01/show-producers-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-22903 Anonymous Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:36:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=100867#comment-22903 Hi Jami, Thanks for weighing in. I think you're spot on. I think there has to be some "conscious effort" and yet the realities of program-making on deadline include so many pressured variables any rigid attempt at balance (of any sort) would likely backfire. And yet if we don't pay attention to it the default definitely tends toward a preponderance of male voices. Hi Jami,

Thanks for weighing in. I think you’re spot on. I think there has to be some “conscious effort” and yet the realities of program-making on deadline include so many pressured variables any rigid attempt at balance (of any sort) would likely backfire. And yet if we don’t pay attention to it the default definitely tends toward a preponderance of male voices.

]]> By: Jami Rogers http://www.theworld.org/2012/01/show-producers-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-22893 Jami Rogers Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:38:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=100867#comment-22893 Thanks for this, Jeb. It's a very interesting and honest observation. Two thoughts occur: 1) That it may take a conscious effort at balance that will not always be possible anyway & 2) the analysis aspect of public radio news programs is also hampered by the available pool of pundits from other broadcast and print media outlets and the specialized experts that get pulled from academia, in which female points of view are also frequently under-represented. Is it also fair to say that the role models aren't there in the big three nightly news programs as well, although it has been tried? I could probably go on... Thanks for this, Jeb. It’s a very interesting and honest observation. Two thoughts occur: 1) That it may take a conscious effort at balance that will not always be possible anyway & 2) the analysis aspect of public radio news programs is also hampered by the available pool of pundits from other broadcast and print media outlets and the specialized experts that get pulled from academia, in which female points of view are also frequently under-represented. Is it also fair to say that the role models aren’t there in the big three nightly news programs as well, although it has been tried? I could probably go on…

]]> By: Jami Rogers http://www.theworld.org/2012/01/show-producers-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-22894 Jami Rogers Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:38:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=100867#comment-22894 Thanks for this, Jeb. It's a very interesting and honest observation. Two thoughts occur: 1) That it may take a conscious effort at balance that will not always be possible anyway & 2) the analysis aspect of public radio news programs is also hampered by the available pool of pundits from other broadcast and print media outlets and the specialized experts that get pulled from academia, in which female points of view are also frequently under-represented. Is it also fair to say that the role models aren't there in the big three nightly news programs as well, although it has been tried? I could probably go on... Thanks for this, Jeb. It’s a very interesting and honest observation. Two thoughts occur: 1) That it may take a conscious effort at balance that will not always be possible anyway & 2) the analysis aspect of public radio news programs is also hampered by the available pool of pundits from other broadcast and print media outlets and the specialized experts that get pulled from academia, in which female points of view are also frequently under-represented. Is it also fair to say that the role models aren’t there in the big three nightly news programs as well, although it has been tried? I could probably go on…

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