10 News First embodies the overarching theme for International Women’s Day of Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress leading the industry for women in key broadcast positions and leadership roles in news.

Beverley McGarvey, Executive Vice President, Chief Content Officer & Head of Paramount+ at Paramount Australia said: “We’re very proud to have a female team of news anchors for every bulletin across the country, the only female political editor across the commercial networks Australia, and four out of five of our Executive Editors in our newsrooms are women.

“It’s certainly important to celebrate and recognise our talented women in news on days like today, but we also live and breathe this focus on gender equity every day with a strong commitment to investing in women across our entire business.

“And while we know we have more work to do, we’re also pleased to have the smallest gender pay gap across the broadcast industry.”*

10’s team of experienced news anchors includes Kate Freebairn on 10 News First Adelaide, Jennifer Keyte for 10 News First Melbourne, Narelda Jacobs OAM on 10 News First Midday and 10 News First Afternoon, Natalie Forrest for 10 News First Perth and Sandra Sully AM for 10 News First Queensland and 10 News First Sydney and Chris Bath for 10 News First Weekends.

The adept female Executive Editors leading the bulletins across the country are Gerda Jezuchowski for 10 News First Adelaide, Nicole Strahan for 10 News First Melbourne, Pamela Magill for 10 News First Perth and Erin Edwards for 10 News First Queensland.

Covering red carpets around the world and all things entertainment is Angela Bishop OAM as the Network Entertainment Editor for 10 News First.

In Canberra, Ashleigh Raper reports on politics as the Network Political Editor, the only female political editor across all the commercial networks, showing that not only does Federal Parliament remain a male-dominated field, but so too does the reporting of it.

A fact supported by the 2023 Women in Media Gender Scorecard that found gender inequality prevalent across the industry with most byline authors male, particularly in prolific media areas such as sport (82% male, 18% female), finance (63% male, 37% female) and politics (59% male, 41% female).**

Rashell Habib, Head of Digital News and Strategy said the successes of women in media are often overlooked.

“I don’t want gender to be an issue for news and journalism, but it is. I think we’ve got to be louder about our successes as women in news and shout about our own achievements as well as the accomplishments of our female colleagues.

“We can’t do it alone and need to support each other and find allies in our workplaces and across the industry too.”

Paramount Australia continues to work towards gender equity in the workplace offering flexibility, gender neutral 14 weeks paid parental leave and an increased focus on equitable recruitment activities surrounding process and pay.

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