Whitney Houston Queen of Pop

I am a frequenter of YouTube.com and noticed a interesting trend in the popular music scene. Two weeks ago was what most men (and some women) consider the most coveted day of the year, the Super Bowl. Between the actual game and the much anticipated "Super Bowl commercials," there is the Half-time Show. This year was Madonna which leading up to was being celebrated as the Queen of Pop Music. Everything was looking good for the 53-year old entertainer until Whitney Houston's sudden death. The death of Whitney Houston recreated her relavance in the world of popular music once again. Instead of only hearing of Whitney in the tabloid magazines as cracked up with, or smacked up by Bobby Brown. The world saw Whitney Houston as the could have been tragedy of stardom. For once the Tabloid magazines and media outlets like TMZ were not focused on the negative aspects of her life, rather the amazing ability gift of vocal range she displayed singing timeless songs like, "I will always love you" from the film "Bodyguard."
Sadly, this time of reminence of Houston's great talent did not last as I personally discovered doing our Magazine Article assignment. Most stories of Whitney Houston did not display her as this week's queen of popular music, and an incredible talent, instead there were stories of how the hotel Houston was found dead in will not be open to the public "for the foreseeable future." It was hard to find out how badly women have been treated in journalism, not being able to work in the newspaper industry with white males as journalism gatekeepers. These men would not allow most women to become accredited as journalists. In 1943, during World War II men were off at war and women had to keep the United States running. Of course, when the men returned, they went back to work and the majority of the women went back into the home.
While participating in the assignment it was obvious to see how women are negatively protrayed and sometimes by the few women journalists in the industry because mostly men are gatekeeping the stories that are published.