A recent effort to quantify science writing's gender gap leads Tabitha M. Powledge to assess the state of the craft: "The byline research and a couple of other posts I read this week prompted me to spend this post on writing about science writing. My picks aren’t exactly random, but, as is usually the case here at On Science Blogs, I’ve made no attempt to be systematic and/or objective." Also, gender bias in sourcing.
February 27, 2016