A core part of Interruptrr is data tracking. In 2015, in collaboration with Media Matters for America, released the gender breakdown of experts commenting on foreign policy and national security on prime-time cable and Sunday talk shows. We found that in 2015 only 24 percent of those experts were women. In following years, we have seen the number increase by a percentage point.

In 2018, we dived into the op-ed page. More specifically, four op-ed pages: The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and the Los Angeles Times, across three one-year periods: 1996, 2006, and 2016. Our focus: foreign policy and national security pieces. These pieces spanned global affairs, national security, war, development, human rights, global trade and commerce, bilateral and multilateral issues.

Here’s what we found in 2018:

	1996		2006		2016		TOTAL
	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men
NYT	4%	96%	15%	85%	23%	77%	15%	85%
Washington Post	15%	85%	16%	84%	24%	76%	19%	81%
LA Times	8%	92%	16%	84%	17%	83%	13%	87%
WSJ	13%	87%	15%	85%	12%	88%	13%	87%
TOTAL	8%	92%	15%	85%	19%	81%	15%	85%

Here are the recent numbers:

% of Op-Ed’s with a female author
	1996	2006	2016	2018	2019	2020
Washington Post	15%	16%	24%	30%	35%	35%
New York Times	4%	15%	23%	32%	38%	35%