When Corey Cogdell-Unrein of the U.S. Olympic team won a bronze medal in women’s trap shooting, The Chicago Tribune left out a key detail when it shared the news: her name. It described her only as the wife of a Bears lineman.
The Olympic Games in Rio are taking place during a year when Americans seem to be hypervigilant about how women are covered by the media. So the reaction to The Tribune’s alert was swift.
“Congrats to that Bears lineman who apparently deserves all the credit here,” an observer wrote on Twitter.
Another offered a counterpoint: “To me, it’s a city paper offering a frame of reference.