Gender inequalities among journalists in São Paulo - The Brazilian context of the increasing feminization of the profession of journalism and journalism education

Through recent decades, in Brazil, the world of communications is undergoing significant changes, characterized by the growth of women's presence in journalism and in university courses; increase of the level of education of journalists, specially the women professionals - in São Paulo, women predominate among journalists registered formally with higher academic degree of education -; the introduction of technology in the media; the concentration of journalists in the segment "extra-writing" (professionals who are not employed in journalism companies) and changes over regulations of this profession, questioning the admission requirements for this career. The aim of this paper is to understand, within this scenario marked by the feminization of the profession, the disparities present within the profession of journalism, in terms of unequal power, prestige, education and social recognition of professional qualifications, in order to test internal segmentation hypothesis of this profession, with a gender perspective. For this, data are presented to show the distribution of men and women journalists in São Paulo, analyzing the division of higher positions and the differences in average earnings by function, using as main source of information the Annual Social Information of the Ministry of Labor and Employment.