9/11

In this article that appeared in the December 13, 2001 issue of Newsday, Jennifer Pozner discusses media coverage of women involved in the September 11 attack.

"On the Dec. 4 broadcast, firefighter Lieut. Brenda Bergman described racing into the flaming destruction everyone else was fleeing, risking her life to save others. So similar to hundreds of heartwrenching tales we've all heard from New York firefighters, Bergman's experience sounded unfamiliar when told in a woman's voice. Perhaps that's because it took nearly three months for NBC to discover that women rescue workers have toiled 24-7 at Ground Zero every day since the attacks. "The fact that the faces of women haven't been in the news or ... in the media is not reflective of reality," Bergman told NBC."

Pozner claims that NBC and similar news agencies failed to recognize the presence of women at ground zero. The fact that they were ignored shows how the media got the story wrong after the terrorist attacks.

Pozner, J. (2001). Missing Since 9/11; Women's Voices. Newsday,