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Journalists fighting fake news during Indian election face threats, abuse
MAY 21, 2019. The six-week-long voting period in India's national and provincial elections concluded this week, with results expected on Thursday, according to news reports. For journalists, the campaign has brought a familiar deluge of online abuse. Journalists told CPJ they were particularly likely to be targeted…Read more at cpj.org
Italy's migrant beat beset with smear campaigns, harassment
APRIL 2, 2019. When Annalisa Camilli spent eight days on an Open Arms ship that rescues migrants in the Mediterranean, she knew her reporting for the Italian news magazine Internazionale may attract trolls. Camilli has covered the migrant beat for years…Read more at cpj.org.
Infographic | On International Women's Day, CPJ highlights jailed female journalists
MARCH 7, 2019. On International Women's Day, CPJ has highlighted the cases of female journalists jailed around the world in retaliation for their work. At least 33 of the 251 journalists in jail at the time of CPJ's prison census are women. At least one of those--Turkish reporter and artist Zehra Dogan--was released in February after serving a sentence on anti-state charges. The four female journalists jailed in Saudi Arabia were detained over their criticism…Read more at cpj.org.
Dark side of sports journalism as fans harass female reporters online
FEBRUARY 28, 2019. "I say we put her email address in all the porn sites. From FSU with love," one user wrote on 247Sports.com, a CBS message-board about college and professional sports. The FSU stands for Florida State University and the "her" is ESPN investigative journalist Paula…Read more at cpj.org.
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A surprising defense against cyber harassment
JANUARY 31, 2020. Journalists have generally opposed defamation laws because they so often are used against news organizations to stifle free expression. Now, faced with repeated misinformation, threats of violence, and other efforts to undermine their credibility, reporters have begun using these laws to protect themselves against online harassment, and to fight back against their trolls….Read more by Anya Schiffrin at Columbia Journalism Review.