Women Sportscasters

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As women sportscasters are becoming more common place in our era, are they also becoming more respected? This paper explores this question by focusing on actual events and interviews in the sports arena that deal with female sportscasters.

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"Traditionally, the sports reporting profession has been dominated by males. Until the mid 1960's, only men had jobs as commentators, reporters and beat writers. A pioneer emerged in Jane Chastain, who is thought to be the first woman to do play-by-play commentary (Schwartz, 1999). By the 1970's, having a female personality involved with the sports broadcast was a growing trend. However, networks typically selected attractive women with no background in sports or journalism. This was the case with CBS, who hired Phyllis George, a former Miss America, to read a scripted piece during the pre game show. She was replaced by Jayne Kennedy, another attractive woman with no related experience in sports broadcasting (Schwartz, 1999). It took until the late 1970's for women to really make a serious impact into sports journalism. "

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