Erika Fry, an assistant editor at Columbia Journalism Review, plans a magazine piece about demographic diversity on op-ed pages, particularly data on the gender gap.  Her email says questions would include whether demographic diversity and gender balance matter on op-ed pages, if so how much, and why a gender gap exists.

I have posted her query to the AOJ members' discussion list. I think she'd like to hear from knowledgeable people who see this but are not (yet) on the list. She is at
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