Author

Marie Hardin

@mariehardinpsu

Marie Hardin is associate director for research at <a href="http://comm.psu.edu/about/centers/john-curley-center-for-sports-journalism">Penn State University’s John Curley Center for Sports Journalism</a>. Her research focuses on issues of diversity and ethics in sports coverage.

A Shrinking Sports Beat: Women’s Teams, Athletes

As newsroom staffs shrink and eyeballs measure interest, women’s sports coverage is losing ground it once seemed to be gaining.