The Impact on Female Journalists and Their Reporting”

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Some journalists enjoy online commentary and the opportunity to build an intimate relationship with their readers, while others end up feeling overexposed and vulnerable.

Women are particularly at risk of being humiliated, intimidated, degraded, belittled or silenced, as recently confirmed by a report by Amnesty International. A previous study by the International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) found that nearly a third of women journalists are considering leaving the profession because of online attacks .




Still, an effective online presence can help give stories uae mobile database traction, build connections, and find work, especially for freelancers who can't count on the support of an established publication.

IJNet spoke with two very active online journalists, Anna Codrea-Rado and Dodai Stewart , about how they negotiate their personal boundaries. Codrea-Rado is a freelancer who focuses on technology and culture. She uses social media exclusively for work—injecting updates with a healthy dose of personality—and has launched a weekly newsletter about freelancing. Stewart is a deputy editor at The New York Times and a founding editor of the women’s site Jezebel. She has amassed nearly 40,000 followers on Twitter, where she mixes personal and professional content.