How to handle (and prevent) online threats as a journalist

Journalists today are increasingly facing digital threats. An October 2024 survey by the International Women’s Media Foundation reported that 33% of journalists it surveyed had faced a threat of digital violence — and a 2020 UNESCO-commissioned study found that nearly three-quarters of the journalists it surveyed who identified as women had experienced online violence.

But when — and how — should journalists react when they experience digital harassment? What legal tools are available to newsrooms and independent journalists when dealing with online threats? And what are the tangible ways to prepare for such attacks before they happen?

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