On this episode, NSVRC staff talk with Rachel Martin Asproth, who is a Nonprofit Communications Manager & Anti-Violence Storyteller, and the Former Senior Communications and Design Coordinator with the Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault, and Meggie Royer, the Senior Communications Manager at Violence Free Minnesota. We discuss their passion and partnership about ethical media and practical strategies to change the way people talk about sexual and domestic violence. Please be mindful that in this conversation, there are discussions about the topics of domestic violence, suicide, and sexual violence cases, and how they were discussed in the media.
Participants:
- Sally J. Laskey, (she/her) NSVRC Evaluation Coordinator
- Laura Palumbo, (she/her) NSVRC Communications Director
- Rachel Martin Asproth (she/her), Nonprofit Communications Manager & Anti-Violence Storyteller, Former Senior Communications and Design Coordinator with the Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault
- Meggie Royer (she/her), MSW, LGSW, Senior Communications Manager, Violence Free Minnesota
Discussed in this episode:
- The Sexual Assault Advocate’s Guide to the Media, Communications, and Public Relations (MNCASA)
- Preventive Press: A Guide for Journalists on Responsible Reporting on Domestic Violence (Violence Free Minnesota)
To see examples of social media posts, visit:
- MNCASA Instagram
- Violence Free Minnesota Instagram
- Yes, Her Too: A Feminist Reading Of The Depp Vs. Heard Case (Worldcrunch News)
NSVRC resources of note:
- NSVRC Resources for Reporters and Advocates Working with Media (webpage)
- What Can We Learn From Media Coverage on Sexual Violence? (Podcast)
- COVID-19 and Health Equity: How Media Literacy Is Sexual Assault Prevention (Podcast)
Guest recommendations:
The Marshall Project is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that seeks to create and sustain a sense of national urgency about the U.S. criminal justice system. We have an impact on the system through journalism, rendering it more fair, effective, transparent and humane.
ProPublica is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism with moral force.
The !9th News is an independent, nonprofit newsroom reporting on gender, politics and policy.
Mother Jones is a nonprofit magazine that focuses on news, commentary, and investigative journalism on topics including politics, environment, human rights, health and culture.
- Survived & Punished | End the Criminalization of Survival
Survived & Punished is a prison abolition organization. Their work specifically focuses on criminalized survivors to raise awareness about the integrated relationship between systems of punishment and the pervasiveness of gender violence