Name It, Change It” campaign backed by the Women’s Media Center in New York found that calling out and chal-lenging sexist language makes a difference. The campaign has a stated goal of ending “sexist and misogynistic cover-age of women candidates.
Lauren Wolfe, who covers sexual violence in conflict zones for Women Under Siege and sat on the Commit-tee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) for five years, says that the question of how covering trauma affects journalists was rare-ly brought up during her time there. “It’s a conversation that no one is willing to have,” she says.
This is truly the most frightening, upsetting story I’ve seen come out of there, and this is a place with a lot of truly up-setting stories.” Lauren Wolfe, director of WMC Women Under Siege Project
Another volunteered the Women’s Media Center’s She-Source, which describes itself as “an online braintrust of fe-male experts on diverse topics designed to serve journalists, producers and bookers who need female guests and sources.
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