They’ve written about abortion bans and pink pussy hats, laid plain the sexual misdeeds of powerful men, pondered the political glass ceiling and explored how professional women struggle when it comes to equal pay, childcare, and office bro culture.
These are just some of the ways journalists are covering the “gender beat” — a concept that began to emerge in large, urban U.S. newsrooms around 2016 and has continued to gain traction ever since.
