White males still rule the newsrooms

White males still top of the media ladder

Johannesburg - White male journalists are paid more and hold more top positions in South Africa's newsrooms, with black women the furthest down the ladder, a SA National Editors Forum gender audit found.

On average women earn 21 percent less than men (R184 387 versus R233 737), occupy less than 30 percent of top management and make up one out of three senior managers - despite roughly equal gender numbers in newsrooms.

The Glass Ceiling Two study of nine media houses found that black women tend to earn 25 percent less than white men and account for a "mere" six percent of newsroom top and senior management.

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