I can only assume I appear in a footnote or syllabus somewhere, given the constant trickle of clicks on Women in Journalism Movies. In the early part of the century, I got some thoughtful queries. The answer to one:

And, of course, the societal stereotype is that a journalist who loves his job more than his family is a hard-working hero whose wife doesn't understand him, while a woman who loves her job more than getting married is a frustrated soon-to-be spinster, who will drop everything to get married when the right man comes around. A double standard to be sure.

When I was younger, I was fascinated by movies featuring reporters and made an extensive list. I presume new journalists today share the fascination, explaining the click rate. I also cite other good journalism movie sites.

[Why so many journalism films?] Newspapermen were fast and witty conversationalists, Hollywood was full of ex-newspapermen screenwriters (write what you know) and because a headline has the impact of a head shot…a news lead is the opening of a film.

[Moviegoers like] The hardened city reporter, the crusty editor, the visionary newspaper boss, the debonair foreign correspondent."