Last but not least: The small difference
The top jobs in the media industry are usually held by men. And female journalists earn less than their male colleagues. It's not just May Day activists who are upset about this.
Hand on heart: how many female editors-in-chief at Swiss publications can you name? The number will be manageable - because most of the chief posts in the press are held by the men of creation. The inequalities go even further, as Silvia Tschui from the Heute editorial team found out this week: A self-test on an online portal showed her that a female editor earns 1,000 francs less per month than a male colleague. Although the online test may not be representative, it confirms the results that large surveys also repeatedly reveal: Women earn less. Tschui took the opportunity to point this out in a commentary in his own paper. And to ask where the top boss stands on the issue of equal rights: "And, Mr. Ringier, could you perhaps explain to me on occasion why there are only three female Ringier editors-in-chief in Switzerland?". The - probably rather rhetorical - question has so far remained unanswered, as Tschui says. Nor is she angry with her boss. She just wanted to draw attention to the pay gap and the male bias. Instead of using boring statistics, she resorted to the stylistic device of commentary. It gives her pause for thought that female managers over 45 are few and far between in the media industry. And she is even more shocked by the gender pay gap in the media scene than the "Old Boys Network" at Ringier. It's good that someone has said or written this again. Because it's not just on May 1 that equal pay for equal work must be guaranteed. In the beleaguered media industry too.
