Gendered ageism in the media industry
Watch the 60+ Council's webinar with Professor Karen Ross talking about what happens to women as they get older in the media industry.
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Professor Karen Ross's research involved speaking to women journalists who found their contracts summarily terminated or not renewed, being manoeuvred out of front-of-camera roles and seen their career opportunities evaporate when they reached their 40s or even earlier to be replaced by younger, ‘fresher’ women.