ABC denies explosive claim it ignored research into online abuse of diverse journalists
The ABC has furiously denied an allegation it tried to “distance itself” from an explosive report into the abuse endured by minority background journalists, delivered to it just three weeks before Stan Grant’s emotional exit.
Advocacy group Media Diversity Australia (MDA) launched its Online Safety of Diverse Journalists research, conducted by Griffith University and Macquarie University on 2 May, exposing the vile harassment regularly directed at reporters who are Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, and/or queer or transgender, and/or culturally and linguistically diverse, and/or living with a disability
The ABC was a sponsor and partner of the work but lead academic Faith Valencia-Forrester has claimed the public broadcaster “distanced itself from the report (no longer wanting to be a project partner)” at the 11th hour when the findings were provided.
