I certainly hope so.

Unfortunately not! There is no indication that ability, or professionalism in "news" is important today. What is important to the outlets is what attracks viewers, and in the US it’s short hemlines, and legs - appearing so they’ll break off and pick the woman to death.

The industry is still demeaning to woman, and unless they are coy, submissive appearing, and toe the mark they will not last especially in the media.

When women are able to confront realities, and insist on equity in their careers things will change, but it is a hardwon battle, at best. That being said, there is a lot of "talk" on the streets today about the general appearance of females on the telly in the U.S. as opposed, for example, on the BBC. Women do not have to conform to anyone!

I am all for the day they wear the same suit/dress/shoes, as do the men. What matters is their journalistic ability - and that is sorely lacking in most news networks, today. Again, for women - demeaning.

"television journalism" - an oxymoron in the USA.

Gender bias in the television newsroom is probably a thing of the past.  However, we women must admit that a low and melodious voice is more appealing to a television audience.  And since many female voices do not have a low tonal range and will, as a consequence,  sound shrill;  unhappily these women will not succeed in television journalism…. no matter how excellent of a reporter they are.

Diane should do well…. keeping in mind that many folks have turned away from network news and now watch the cable stations or PBS.

No indeed…..I’ll believe it’s a thing of the past when there is an unattractive female on……a "female" Larry King.  Not to take anything away from Diane Sawyer, but certainly her appearance helps a lot. 

I think the problems leading to the failure of the ‘alphabets evening news’ is not the messenger (male or female anchor) it is with the ‘message.’

With the explosion of the internet, and 24/7 cable channels, a designated news ‘half hour’ is passe.  Couple that with the ability of anyone with internet access or a smart phone to instantly learn the ‘who, what, where, when and why’ of a story…the journalistic ‘filtering’ is no longer necessary.  C-Span is brutally honest.  You want ‘nuance’ watch for yourself…and decide what you think (not someone else’s ‘spin.)

 

I think Diane has a take control persona, rather than leaning on others to acomplish and express herself. She has invested a lot of her life in full view of this world getting to where she is now, and seemed to find success regardless of the venue or format she was given to work with. She can do it with her ability to focus on the job, rather than the opinion of the polls.

When they are there for real news and they don’t have to be extremly beautiful maybe then. I don’t think it was Edward R. Murrows looks that had to matter. Don’t get me wrong I think they are both bright ladies. I just think we live in a world of too much gloss.

On my local channels are newsmen I like and have for years. Ditto for the weathermen.  They are graying nicely and have audience appeal, thus job security. A couple are carrying extra pounds.  There are also lovely, 20-ish and early 30-ish anchors and reporters.  Pretty and such cute short skirts.  They are also quite good.  I wil not see them when they are graying nicely.  They’ll be long gone.