The war online: abuse and harassment, and what journalists are doing about it (The Backstory S2E3)

The Backstory: A media freedom podcast

Journalists are increasingly the target of insults or threats from individuals or groups online, which can have physical impacts and should no longer be seen as separate from the offline world. The goal of the harassment? Censorship. And women bear the brunt of the abuse, which is usually gendered and sexualised. Journalists have developed ways to deal with online harassment, from shutting down social media accounts, to confronting abusers, to advocating for change on a systemic level. In this episode, we hear about how that works. - Ceyda Karan, Turkish journalist, very active on Twitter (https://twitter.com/ceydak) - Marija Vucic, Serbian journalist with KRIK Crime and corruption reporting network (https://www.krik.rs/en/) - Nighat Dad, lawyer, founder of the Digital rights foundation in Pakistan (https://digitalrightsfoundation.pk/) - Viktorya Vilk, manager of special projects, Free expression programmes, PEN America (https://pen.org/) For resources and tips visit Wan-Ifra's press freedom page (www.wan-ifra.org/microsites/press-freedom) The Backstory production team is Andrew Heslop, Mariona Sanz, Colette Davidson and Sarah Elzas, who edited and mixed the episode. Music in this episode by Chris Zabriskie (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chris_Zabriskie/Vendaface/04_-_The_Life_and_Death_of_a_Certain_K_Zabriskie_Patriarch)