From barriers to challenges: Career perceptions of women TV news anchors

Journalism and Mass Communication Quaterly

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 789-802

  Engstrom, Erika ^a   Ferri, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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EID: 0345984463     PISSN: 10776990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107769909807500412     Document Type: Article

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