本研究探討在愈來愈多的女性記者逐漸加入政治經濟等硬性 新聞路線之後，是否對日漸增多的女性政治人物有比較正面的報 導，企圖進一步瞭解女性氣質和新聞專業主義之間的衝突關係。 過往的新聞研究已發現，女性記者並非具有自主性的獨立個體， 而是在社會文化與媒介組織的限制之下進行新聞產製的工作。本 研究深度訪談了兩家報社五位主跑女性政治人物領導部會的資深 女性記者，訪談資料的分析顯示，女性‘者的加入很難改善新聞 内容中性別的再現。受訪者一方面表示她們擁有自主的新聞採訪 和寫作空間，並且宣稱她們都是以「中立客觀」的方式報導女性 政治人物。但弔詭的是，她們又説通常會以私領域、軟性的角度 去呈現女性政治人物。這種矛盾主要是因爲女性記者傾向接受與 内化媒介組織的要求，逐漸將同僚的態度、對閲聽人的想像、和 報紙產業的市場導向當做一種「客觀的」、「正常的」新聞慣例和 運作。本研究的結果將有助於瞭解媒介的組織和體制如何建構和 維護性別的階層化，以及應該如何突破這種性別階層化的再製

This study illuminates tension between femininity and journalistic professionalism by examining whether news content might benefit from an increased number of female journalists. It is assumed that journalists are not autonomous individuals, as they are working under institutional and organizational constraints. Interviews with five female journalists at two national newspaper organizations provide a rare glimpse into their contradictory work experiences. These accounts reveal their struggles over altering the narrow image of female politicians at the organizational and institutional levels. All journalists say that they have the most autonomy they could possibly ask for and most claim that they could and should do neutral and objective reports. Paradoxically, journalists acknowledge here that they often present female politicians in news content from a soft and private angle. In fact, female journalists tend to accept and internalize the demands of their profession, which leads to the significant paradox above.