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"Why Journalism Has A Gender Problem"
by Corinne Segal

The journalism industry is severely lacking in leadership by women and racial minorities, according to the Nieman Reports story published Wednesday.

This year’s census by the American Society of News Editors (ASNE), which looked at diversity at print newspapers, shows women accounting for 35.4 percent of supervisors. This barely marks an increase from 1999, when women made up 33.8 percent of supervisors. Women run three out of the 25 biggest U.S. titles and one of the top 25 international titles. They make up 37.2 percent of overall newspaper employees, a whole three-tenths of a percent increase from 1999. Racial minorities fare even worse, comprising 13 percent of overall employees.

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Use the article to answer the question.

What would happen if you reversed the order of paragraphs 3 and 4?

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The focus of the article would shift from old statistics to trends in the industry.
The focus of the article would shift from old statistics to trends in the industry.

The broader implications of an idea would be discussed before the reader understands what the idea is.
The broader implications of an idea would be discussed before the reader understands what the idea is.

The importance of the problem would become clearer because the worldwide impact would be centered sooner.
The importance of the problem would become clearer because the worldwide impact would be centered sooner.

The extent of the problem would be lost on readers because they would not receive all the data.
The extent of the problem would be lost on readers because they would not receive all the data.
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Answer 1

Reversing the order of paragraphs 3 and 4 would likely result in the following outcome:

The broader implications of an idea would be discussed before the reader understands what the idea is.

This is because paragraph 3 presents specific statistics and data regarding women's representation in journalism, which provides the necessary context for understanding the broader implications discussed in paragraph 4. If these paragraphs were reversed, readers would encounter broader implications without first grasping the foundational statistics, potentially leading to confusion.