European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 24, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Wild a stall of 20 to supervise. Houston 35, Caid she has Scon a tremendous growth in the number of women in Middle management jobs Al lbs in the past few years to me. It s been an she said maybe there is Somo Lhing wrong thai it took so Long to get to this Point and i hero May have Boon stumbling Blacks in he beginning but i Don t see whom there Carol Huff Don producer of the 6pm news on another station said while television May still to a Man s world women Are moving into management pools More quickly in s Lor the same reason to Havon l seen a female Anchor of the nightly nows except lot Barbara Walters and you saw How Long thai lasted Herndon. 37, said. It was always men who were movers and shakers in television newsrooms. In s Only in recent years that women have begun to move in and say they can do Ilas Well As a working an a Virago of 10 Houis a Day Herndon said the camaraderie of to newsroom so ails a Central in Cine in broadcast news is one byproduct of the demanding schedules the office dating in Tho film is also on Iho Mark according to Herndon. Who is marrying a Chiet Engineer irom her Slation in april. Another aspect of the movie that local Lemale producers ruefully acknowledged is realistic was Hunter a sacrifice of her social life Lor her Job it was very depressing one Day while world said. A colleague and i looked around the newsroom and counted Only iwo women who wore married. Only one had children. But Atmos Oil the men Are i m nol saying it s impossible to have a family file As a woman in television she said bul when you Star Oul you re working 60 to to hours a while most of the women producers Are Conli Dertl thai their career pahs will not be blocked Wilson said in s Loo Early to ill who flier this Middle management Tusler of women in their 30s will ascend to the Premier positions. I simply Don l know whether this Bollom up pressure will change is face of management whether in television newspapers or corporations or in the strength of sexism is so ingrained thai women Wen s to note to break she said. I think there is Greal possibility and i work Lor the Day when women and men both will be valued As jeering the face of to sport casting so. 77 i or ins lie Job As a news Anchor in Tampa. I Don t really Sec Mysell As a Pioneer a trend seller i see Mysell we As a Normal 33-year-old broadcaster mho s Hod a Lerr Ilic year sirens said recently Bach at work Al Abc Aff Lialo we Al to. Bul on Tho other hand. I had a woman student a freshman from Alabama spend the Day Wilh me this week and she was All excited about what i had done. It s something Sho would like to do. By Tho time she gets out of College women doing play by play May be common and in what i do helps looks that s Sierens who was a sports reporter or Tallahassee and Tampa television stations Lor nine years before moving to news has been asked by Abc to do Mora nil games next season according Lonic sports executive producer Mike Weisman Here in is 19b8, and in ought to be lha in a woman is qualified and knows Spotts there s no reason Why she can t do play by play 01 any other sports assignment said Weisman who was also instrumental in bringing Gardner to Abc to though in was worthwhile to Lorca the Issue with Gaylo sic Rena on play by play and t was pleased with what we Gol ii was a Lyp Cal first telecast Lor anyone there s Toom for improvement but it was basically sound and Sho knows her material. Ii was also Weisman added the most scrutinized Lisl telecast i can remember for anybody at Tho network by critics and viewers she Gol through thai so Leighl. And thai was As Lough As calling Tho game " All three of the major networks have lagged behind in if Cable counterparts in giving women opportunities in sports. Gardner was Al esp for four years Beloro joining Abc. Sho co anchored iwo Hall hour shows a night live Days a week. Esp continues to feature women sportscasters and comment atoms including Anchor Karic Ross horse racing expert Charte Canley and play by play analyst really. On can Debbie Sogura has anchored daily Sporis seem Only on Tho network s news broadcasts for seven years. I think Sporl casting is an open Field Tor women said Segura bul i think you should want to do it because you like sports and know sports not because you think ill be some glamorous Job. Thai s absolutely the wrong reason Foi a woman to Phinx Aboul doing Segura started her career in sports on a Small Stalion in Oregon where she was working As a news reporter just Oul of College. They needed somebody to do sports part Lime for about eight weeks and they asked if i was interested. Thai was the beginning i became the no. 2 person in a two person sports stall. In a Job Lika that you do in All shoot High school Loo Ball games develop your own film and get on Iho air with in. It was great experience " Segura said she has not encountered Oul Nghil discrimination As a spoils broadcaster because of her gender and in has rarely been an Issue. I be been Well received. The Only thing 1 can Rome Sci was in 1980 when i covered the los Angeles dodgers Lor can. Flor one game All the repo leis went into is locker room and we All did our interviews one of the clubhouse men pointed Oul Hal i was the first woman to be in the dodgers locker room. At the time i did t put any significance on such things i grow up with three Brothers i be always been around sports and i never thought that being a woman made any february 24,1988 Letndre to titty top hot and it tale Steiwig Bov have Orang fit Tow teen of to . The stars and stripes Page 15
