When the news is made it is also a way of doing gender. When journalists work with stories and sources they draw on their schooling, the culture of their workplace and their gut feeling. When looking at the professionalisation of the journalistic profession during the last 30 years it seems odd that many of the representations of gender are still highly gender stereotypical. Also the way men and women in mediaorganisations are regarded and regard each other seems like very difficult to change. Is this a question of the norms and values of journalism? Should we work more with news values and work values when we work with gender equality? And what about the professionalisation, what role does that play in this?
