Covering presidential election campaigns: Does reporter gender affect the work lives of correspondents and their reportage?

Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 285-306

  Grabe, Maria Elizabeth ^a,b   Samson, Lelia ^a   Zelenkauskaite, Asta ^a   Yegiyan, Narine S ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 80052576651     PISSN: 08838151     EISSN: 15506878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08838151.2011.597470     Document Type: Article

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