The author discusses the following issues affecting women in journalism: the high enrolment and graduation of female students on journalism courses but their low levels of employment in the media industry: the clustering of women in news areas such as lifestyle, arts and human-interest stories: their inability to break the glass ceiling to reach top editorial and/or management positions: the exclusion of older women journalists from visible journalistic roles: the pulling out of women journalists from traditional media after marriage or from the onset of childbirth: and the increasing opportunities that the new media, freelancing and rise in lifestyle journalism hold for women.