#iComment: Verbal, written abuse as a troubling routine for women journalists
by Ana Ribeiro, Jonas Rusche and Jane Whyatt
Female journalists suffer a disproportionate amount of online abuse, hate speech and other harassment compared to their male colleagues. But this has only recently begun to be quantified.
Last year, The Guardian British daily published what it dubbed the first survey quantifying cyberhate against female journalists in online comments sections. Based on 70 million comments from Guardian readers, it showed that eight out of the 10 writers most abused were women – no matter the topic of their article.
The 2014 poll “A Global Picture” indicated hate speech against female journalists may be widespread.…
