There are, of course, high-profile exceptions; Arianna Huffington and Marissa Meyer among them. The ASNE survey shows women among the top three leaders at 63 percent of print organizations. But according to the numbers, these instances do little to mitigate a larger trend.

Many say the imbalance is no accident, and instead the result of professional and social factors that inherently tip the scales for men.

Women enter communications schools and the journalism industry at roughly the same numbers as men, according to the Nieman report. From there, the number drops off — only one-third of people with 20 or more years of journalism experience are women.

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

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