Unsafe at Work — Assaults on Journalists
The MEAA Report into the State of Press Freedom in Australia in 2021.
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A staggering 92.5% of media workers said they feared that threats, harassment and intimidation of journalists are on the rise.
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Social media is a common tool for abusing media workers. But journalists are also being violently assaulted as they work
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