http://www.feministmediaproject.com Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:21:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.feministmediaproject.com/2009/02/26/picturing-distant-violence-against-women-2/ 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 ... http://www.feministmediaproject.com/2008/07/31/public-decreasingly-interested-in-pickton-trial/ Who Speaks for Missing Women? By Mary Lynn Young Media worldwide are covering the Pickton trial in BC. But a recent poll found that almost one in two B.C. residents are not interested in the trial. This fact conflicts with the media's perception that sensational crime stories, such as serial murder and ... http://www.feministmediaproject.com/2008/06/30/background-articles/ 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. Lowman, John “Violence and the Outlaw Status of (Street) Prostitution in Canada.” Violence Against Women. 6.9 (2000): 987 – 1011. Implicates the Vancouver Sun as a ... http://www.feministmediaproject.com/2008/05/01/representations-of-women-in-the-media/ By Jessalynn Keller June 2007 The Missing Women trial in Vancouver involves the key issues of second and third wave feminism: sexual abuse, violence against women, sexuality and the roles that race, class and gender play in power relations. Why then is the media coverage of the case still so reflective of ... http://www.feministmediaproject.com/2007/12/21/conversations-with-three-feminist-reporters-covering-the-pickton-trial/ By Sunny Freeman Two Vancouver women-centered service groups supporting sex trade workers aim to control the impact of the media frenzy during the Pickton trial in January 2007 by compiling a press package to protect women from journalists. WISH and PACE, sex trade worker groups in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, plan to release ... http://www.feministmediaproject.com/2007/12/21/sex-trade-workers-become-journalists-to-prevent-further-misrepresentation/ POLL RELEASE January 22, 2007 News Release: School of Journalism, University of British Columbia The first poll on public interest in the murder trial of Robert Pickton has found that slightly more than half of British Columbians (52%) are interested in media coverage of the case, with slightly less that half (46%) ... http://www.feministmediaproject.com/2007/01/22/public-split-on-interest-in-pickton-trial/ 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 ... http://www.feministmediaproject.com/2007/01/19/literature-review/