Opening Plenary-Sexual violence in the media: How to work with reporters to tell more diverse survivor-centered stories

As the news media is reckoning with its own historic failures to adequately cover marginalized communities in the wake of Me Too and national conversations on racial injustice, there are opportunities to shine a light on the complexities of sexual violence, its root causes and range of survivors’ experiences. This session will include lessons on working with the press, and how to better highlight underrepresented populations in the news.