And why did you say 'female'?
For the same reason they reported this woman trying to steal a jet.
Equal opportunity. Women have every opportunity to screw up in aviation, as do men. Their successes and failures need not be suppressed by reporters. If people are going to make a big deal about the woman pilot in a feel good or success story, and make deal about her gender, then ... what's good for the sun is good for the moon.
I'll be she feels terrible about that accident, as I would were it my mistake.