Picturing distant violence against women
News coverage of Israel’s invasion of Gaza was sparse when it came to picturing women. Despite the fact that hundreds of the victims are women and their children, we have yet to hear their voices in a meaningful way. If you were watching the coverage, try to recall a picture or an interview with a Palestinian woman. A quick Google scan of the news images confirms that Palestinian women rarely make the news. Ironically, the only woman regularly pictured was Israeli military spokesperson, Major Avital Leibovich. [caption id="attachment_255" align="alignright" width="292" caption="Typical photo of women. Creative Commons, Non Commericial/Attribution Photo by Alvaro Herraiz"][/caption] The ...
Public decreasingly interested in Pickton trial
POLL RELEASE June 20, 2007 News Release: School of Journalism, University of British Columbia The second poll on public interest in the murder trial of Robert Pickton in six months has found declining interest among British Columbians, with only 7% very interested in the case in June compared with 16% in January when the trial began. Only 1 in 10 residents access information about the trial daily, while 1 in 3 say they never access trial news. British Columbians over age 55 are more interested in trial coverage, with 38% accessing information about the trial daily or every few days. Women are significantly ...
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Sex trade workers become journalists to prevent further misrepresentation
By Sunny Freeman Two Vancouver women-centered service groups supporting sex trade...
Public split on interest in Pickton trial
POLL RELEASE January 22, 2007 News Release: School of Journalism, University of British...
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Conversations with three feminist reporters covering the Pickton Trial
By Jessalynn Keller June 2007 The Missing Women trial in Vancouver involves the key...
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Background articles
Feminist Journalism: Playing for the Girl’s Team By Becky Atkinson Relying upon the traditional news value of ‘objectivity’ to achieve clarity, traditional journalism reports facts gained from ‘legitimate’ patriarchal sources and authorities without the gender analysis and context provided by feminists. Because it diverts our attention... [Read more of this review]
Representations of women in the media
One article specifically about sex workers in Vancouver and the press, and one about historical representations of aboriginals in Canadian press; both may be useful for background. [Read more of this review] Read More →
Media coverage of the Robert Pickton case
The following is a discussion of scholarly articles that may be of relevance when considering media coverage of the Robert Pickton case. Two articles concerning, respectively, sex trade workers in Vancouver and historical representations of aboriginals in Canada are discussed, before turning to several articles concerned with women, violence, and the... [Read more of this review]
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