Pronouns in some reporters’ email signatures get a stony response from Trump administration

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Description

US President Trump and his administration are hostile to, or ignoring, journalists who list their 3rd person pronouns in their email signature files. The article is about how language is always political.

Period10 Apr 2025

Media contributions

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Media contributions

  • TitlePronouns in some reporters’ email signatures get a stony response from Trump administration
    Degree of recognitionInternational
    Media name/outletAssociated Press
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date10/04/25
    PersonsLauren Hall-Lew

Keywords

  • language
  • politics
  • political identity
  • gender
  • pronouns
  • journalism
  • US
  • US politics