Media Coverage and Female Athletes
Media Coverage & Female Athletes
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Exploring the issue, produced with the University of Minnesota Tucker Center.
Forty percent of all athletes are women, but only 4% are represented in the media – and too often how they look is more important than their skills. Explore the issue with scholars, the media, coaches at collegiate, Olympic and professional levels; and female athletes themselves. Produced with the University of Minnesota Tucker Center.
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Media Coverage and Female Athletes is a local public television program presented by TPT
Media Coverage and Female Athletes
Media Coverage & Female Athletes
Special | 56m 40sVideo has Closed Captions
Forty percent of all athletes are women, but only 4% are represented in the media – and too often how they look is more important than their skills. Explore the issue with scholars, the media, coaches at collegiate, Olympic and professional levels; and female athletes themselves. Produced with the University of Minnesota Tucker Center.
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