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• Coverage of Campus Sexual Assault at BYU

  April 7, 2017 by Erin Alberty, Rachel Piper, Leah Hogsten, Sheila McCann

  • Children & Youth
  • Sexual Violence

  This exhaustive and meticulously reported year-long inquiry into BYU’s practice of investigating students who report sexual assaults for possible violations of the school’s Honor Code led to sweeping policy changes at BYU, and prompted wider soul-searching on rape culture in Utah. Judges called The Salt Lake Tribune’s coverage “a rare combination of journalistic rigor, aggressive reporting and compassion.” Originally published by The Salt Lake Tribune between April - October, 2016.

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  A Life Sentence: Victims, Offenders, Justice, And My Mother

  April 7, 2017 by Samantha Broun, Jay Allison

  • PTSD & Mental Health
  • Sexual Violence

  This intensely personal documentary tells the story of a violent crime committed against reporter Samantha Broun’s mother, its far-reaching impact on her family and decades of reverberations on politics and the criminal justice system. Judges described “A Life Sentence” as a “deeply honest,” “brave” and personal story “elevated to great journalism.” Originally published by Transom.org in March, 2016.

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  Witness: See It, Film It, Change It - Working with Survivors of Sexual and Gender-based Violence

  January 29, 2017

  • Interviewing
  • Sexual Violence

  Collection of videos from Witness covering sexual and gender based violence. 

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  Finding the Courage to Cover Sexual Violence

  January 10, 2017

  • Interviewing
  • Intimate Partner Violence
  • Sexual Violence

  An 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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