Story Ideas: Trauma Journalism in the Time of Coronavirus
May 13, 2020 by Rachel Dissell
How can journalists start thinking about aftermath when there is no end in sight?
Intimate Partner Violence
Intimate partner violence is the most widespread crime, yet typically the least reported. What do journalists need to know to ensure dignified and sensitive reporting on victims and survivors of such crime? What does the public need to know about perpetrators? In what ways can news organizations provide a public service by putting intimate partner violence - including teen dating violence - and its prevention onto the news agenda?
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- Story Ideas: Trauma Journalism in the Time of Coronavirus
- The Legwork: Where to Look, What Questions to Ask
- The Basics: What Every Reporter Needs to Know about IPV
- The Product: Writing With Insight, Accuracy and Context
- Ethics and Practice: Interviewing Victims
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Denied Justice
April 8, 2019 by Brandon Stahl, Jennifer Bjorhus, MaryJo Webster, Renée Jones Schneider, Abby Simons, Dave HageThis deeply reported multimedia project explores the failure of Minnesota’s policing and courts to serve rape and sexual assault victims. Judges called “Denied Justice” an “exceedingly thorough investigative reporting triumph" that makes an "enormous contribution to public service." They commended the series' "incredible depth" that touched everything from "decisions around anonymity to the scope of interviews, from expert sourcing to the wide range of angles explored." Originally published by the Star Tribune between July and December, 2018.
Intimate Partner Violence
January 18, 2017Information from the National Institute of Justice on intimate partner violence.
Finding the Courage to Cover Sexual Violence
January 10, 2017An article by Frank Smyth, CPJ's senior advisor for journalist security, on the risks and rewards of covering sexual and gender based violence, as well as links to more resources for those covering sexual violence in the United States and abroad.
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