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This study focuses on gendered ageism across the media industry and draws on the testimonies provided by 24 older women media professionals who were interviewed for the work. The participants had worked (and some still work) as journalists, presenters, producers or actors and their experiences included having their contracts summarily terminated or not renewed, being manoeuvred out of front-of-camera roles, seen their career opportunities evaporate when they reached their 40s or even earlier, and been replaced by younger, ‘fresher’ women. However, some participants are fighting back by creating their own media and developing opportunities for other women to thrive.
Author(s): Karen Ross
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Journal of Women and Aging
Year: 2024
Volume: 36
Issue: 1
Pages: 61-77
Online publication date: 27/07/2023
Acceptance date: 17/06/2023
Date deposited: 14/07/2023
ISSN (print): 0895-2841
ISSN (electronic): 1540-7322
Publisher: Routledge
URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/08952841.2023.2238580
DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2023.2238580
ePrints DOI: 10.57711/428b-5p33
Data Access Statement: This article draws on a series of qualitative interviews which were recorded on Zoom, all of which contain confidential information which cannot be made public in order to protect the identity of the participants. I have permission to use some of the material from the interviews and such material is what is included in the body of the article.
