The average woman in public relations has been in the field for 8.5 years, and is less than 34.9 years old. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of people in public relations has been estimated to be as high as 98,000, and more than half of that number are women. There are 132 female general managers and 21 female station managers at the nation's 1,600 commercial and noncommercial stations. In 2000, MTV President Judy McGrath was named president of MTV Group and chairman of its Interactive Music unit, giving her the added responsibility of the company's Internet operations.
Women comprise one-third of the Washington press corps.
One in ten is a minority. 35.9 47.5 8.4 47.2 Officials and managers are defined presidents and other corporate officers, general and station managers, news and research directors and production managers. Professionals include on-air personnel, producers, writers, editors, researchers, designers, publicists and senior staff assistants. Women are slightly more likely to be news directors in smaller markets and in smaller news departments. Women were twice as likely to be general managers of small-market radio stations.