(Short Cuts) Trauma-informed Journalism: A Choice and a Voice
Former crime reporter Tamara Cherry \u2014 who now works as a specialist-for-hire on trauma-informed practices \u2014 joins Jonathan Goldsbie to consider what allegations swirling around Leah McLaren\u2019s memoir have taught us about what could be called \u201ctrauma-indifferent\u201d writing. They also look at how publication bans on the identities of victims can sometimes serve to re-victimize them, and how Canada seems to be on the verge of finally addressing that.This episode contains discussions of sexual assault.
Links:
- I was sexually assaulted when I was 16. Penguin Random House Canada published a memoir by one of my assailants claiming it was consensual \u2013 Zoe Charlotte Greenberg on Medium
- my response \u2013 Leah McLaren on Substack
- A Statement from Penguin Random House Canada \u2013 PenguinRandomHouseCA on Twitter
- Trauma survivors and the media: A qualitative analysis \u2013 Journal of Community Safety and Well-Being
- She wanted to tell you about her sex assault. The court has finally let her \u2013 Toronto Star
- Victim Identity and Privacy \u2013 Justice Committee report on Improving Support for Victims of Crime
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