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.
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.