In Review, host Ken Bode announced that history was being made. It's instructive to read the transcript of that all-woman panel with the names covered over. There's no way to tell if the panelists are men, women, or a mix of the two. For some reporters, there's not much to argue. Similarly, Lisa Anderson of the Chicago Tribune holds that women process certain information differently.
Women are less romanced by the political b.s.
The professional learns a set way to report and organize the news. Both sides at least can agree on the quantitive changes. This year, a follow up survey during the primaries suggests that, by the Fall campaign, the figure will approach one third of the beat regulars. Accounts of the 1972 presidential campaign mentioned eight women reporters. A few male reporters, it seems, cluster together by choice.