It’s been almost 10 years since the publication of “No Woman’s Land: On the Frontlines with Female Reporters,” the first book dedicated to the safety of women journalists and one that has become a touchstone for conversations and advice about this subject.
Almost a decade after I co-edited this book, our female colleagues still face significant harassment in their work — be that in the field, in newsrooms and online.
In recent months, I’ve heard of and from many female colleagues who have experienced gendered harassment in relation to their journalism, and witnessed the toll it is taking on their mental health.
Many say they have suffered at the hands of more senior colleagues, often in newsrooms, abuses of power in an industry long dominated by men, and often certain men: white, straight and university-educated.
Others are being attacked online, where virtual violence directed at women is frequently sexualized and where threats of rape are a regular occurrence, too often passed off as just another part of a journalist’s job description, too seldom taken seriously because they are not real-life threats.
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