Fellow Jina Moore: “Who gets to tell rape stories from Haiti?”

Fellow Jina Moore discusses the issue of consent in journalism:

There’s a debate raging about Mac McClelland’s reporting for Mother Jones last fall from Haiti. If you haven’t followed it, a personal essay for GOOD magazine about McClelland’s struggle with PTSD after spending time in Haiti ignited strong feelings – about the relationship between journalism and essays, about neo-colonial representations of the developing world, and other things.  All worthy big issues — bigger than this one article — but I’d like to focus on something else: Consent.

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Jina also provides a link to the Dart Center Guide to Reporting on Sexual Violence available here. For more news and updates on Jina’s work, check out her website or follow her on Twitter.

Published by sienaanstis on July 15, 2011 at %I:%M %p under Food for Thought.

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