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Use the article excerpt to answer the question.

Article Excerpt: “ Why Journalism Has a Gender Problem?” by Corrine Segal

1 Women that make it through the pipeline in many industries face cultural attitudes that favor leadership by men. A Fortune study on performance reviews in the tech industry found that words like “bossy, abrasive, strident, and aggressive” appear in reviews of female leaders more frequently than men. Jill Abramson, who was fired from her position as editor of the New York Times this year, was frequently described as such. A Google search of “Jill Abramson abrasive” yields over 110,000 results.

2 Some have voiced hopes that the emergence of digital media would upend hiring structures that are frequently skewed toward men. As news consumption goes digital, women are leading the way as consumers. Thirty percent of American adults use Facebook for news, and women make up 58 percent of those news consumers, according to a 2014 Pew Research Center report.

3 But men are still leading as the creators in at least several high-profile instances. Vox and First Look Media were founded this year by men, and FiveThirtyEight was founded by two men and one woman. A Vanity Fair list of media disruptors, released on Wednesday, is comprised almost entirely of white men.

4 Why is this important? The report cited several studies showing that diverse newsrooms do a better job at news coverage, and their policies favoring work-life balance are not as prohibitive for working parents of any gender.

5 The issue of newsroom diversity is not limited to gender — it is also important to promote people of diverse socioeconomic and racial backgrounds, the report said. It cited McClatchy, where women serve as 13 out of 29 executive editors, as a company that has done this effectively.

6 A more diverse newsroom can yield a wider range of possibilities for coverage, Keith Woods, vice president for diversity in news and operations at NPR, said in a report by The Atlantic.

7 “When you fail to pursue the most diverse news staff, you fail to open up the possibilities created when you bring a broader range of life experience,” he said.



What would happen if paragraph 4 came before paragraph 3?

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The article would explain why diversity is important before giving examples that men still lead many media companies.
The article would explain why diversity is important before giving examples that men still lead many media companies.

The article would talk more about racial diversity instead of gender diversity.
The article would talk more about racial diversity instead of gender diversity.

The problem of gender inequality would not be as clear.
The problem of gender inequality would not be as clear.

The order of ideas would stay the same.

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The article would explain why diversity is important before giving examples that men still lead many media companies.

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