While this may be largely a function of the age difference, women are more likely than men to be working at their first paper, and men are more likely than women to have worked at several papers previously. Likewise, women are more likely to have had newspaper internships during college. This again is a likely function of the age difference, as internships are more common today than in previous decades. Women generally have more successful academic backgrounds than men. Women are more likely to report A averages in college, while men are more likely to report C averages.
Women tend to have graduate degrees, particularly in journalism, at a greater frequency than men.
Women are underrepresented in the managerial ranks, but not significantly so. Differences in Work Attitudes Women present an interesting paradox on questions of career advancement. On the one hand, they are significantly more optimistic about the possibility for advancement in journalism in general. Sixty-two percent of the women rate their chances as good or excellent, whereas 47 percent of the men feel that way. On advancement at their own paper, however, there is no difference between men's and women's rating of their chances.