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May 7th, 2007 • Quill Archives
Smooth News: Why do women leave newspaper jobs?

Women are leaving newspaper jobs at a higher percent than other media, according to the recently published “The American Journalist in the 21st Century: U.S. News People at the Dawn of a New Millennium.” But why? A doctoral student at the University of Texas posed that question and others in a national online survey of current and former newspaperwomen.