Covering Sexual Assault

This Webinar was originally broadcast on:
February 22, 2007 Enroll Now
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Course Overview

Title:
Covering Sexual Assault
Type:
Webinar
Cost:
Free
Originally Broadcast On:
February 22, 2007
Time Estimate:
One hour

About Webinars

In this virtual classroom, participants can join in a seminar led by Poynter faculty and visiting faculty. This screencast includes live audio and a slideshow presentation in which participants can post questions and respond to poll questions posed by the host.

Covering sexual assault is perilous. Whether you are reporting on a high-profile criminal investigation such as the Duke lacrosse team, covering a kidnapping or trying to assess the competence of your local police department, you are balancing the needs of vulnerable stakeholders against your duty to tell the truth and inform the public.
This course, originally broadcast Feb. 22, 2007, examines the various issues you are up against when covering sexual assault. It will help you raise your awareness in interviewing victims, know the rights of the accused and understand public reports and surveys.

What Will I Learn:
  • Strategies for journalists and victim advocates who wish to work together
  • Hurdles that prevent us from telling the whole truth about sexual assault and educating the public
  • Techniques for interviewing victims and being sensitive to the rights of the accused
Who Should Take this Course:

This course is for anyone who has ever grappled with what -- and how much -- sensitive information to include in a story.

Course Instructors:

Kelly McBride

Kelly McBride is Senior Faculty/Ethics at The Poynter Institute. She teaches journalists from around the world to strengthen their ethical decision-making skills and to improve their writing, reporting and editing skills. She has been on the Poynter faculty since 2002. She conducts workshops in newsrooms and at journalism conventions across the country. Twice she has traveled to South Africa to lead advanced reporting and writing seminars geared toward reporters working in a young democracy.

Susan Lewis

Susan Lewis is communications director for the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.

Training Partner:

National Sexual Violence Resource Center

The National Sexual Violence Resource Center serves as the nation’s principle information and resource center regarding all aspects of sexual violence.

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