Male journalists ignore female peers on Twitter, study shows

Male journalists dominate online political discussion because they mainly interact with other men and ignore women, according to a study of American political reporters.The research found male political journalists based in Washington DC reply to other male journalists 91.5% of the time, suggesting female journalists are struggling to make their voices heard in discussion of the Donald Trump era.Nikki Usher of the University of Illinois, who helped author the study, said it was a problem because