covering rape http://www.npr.org covering rape en Copyright 2013 NPR - For Personal Use Only NPR API RSS Generator 0.94 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 19:17:00 -0400 http://media.npr.org/images/npr_news_123x20.gif covering rape http://www.npr.org Artfully Writing About Sex Abuse By Catholic Priests When religion correspondent Barbara Bradley Hagerty reported that rape accusations against a priest were "not that unusual," she rightly confessed to writing "inartfully." But a complaining Catholic organization could have been more humble in its attack, given the facts of abuses by priests. Tue, 05 Jun 2012 19:17:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/ombudsman/2012/06/04/154313466/artfully-writing-about-sex-abuse-by-catholic-priests?ft=1&f=135010993 http://www.npr.org/blogs/ombudsman/2012/06/04/154313466/artfully-writing-about-sex-abuse-by-catholic-priests?ft=1&f=135010993 When religion correspondent Barbara Bradley Hagerty reported that rape accusations against a priest were "not that unusual," she rightly confessed to writing "inartfully." But a complaining Catholic organization could have been more humble in its attack, given the facts of abuses by priests.

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]]> What We're Reading: More on Child Rape and Describing the Unspeakable Readers reacted thoughtfully to last week's column on the challenge of reporting the sexual abuse— specifically, rape—of children. A study by the Berkeley Media Studies Group makes some valuable related findings. A doctor, meanwhile, recommends that the children be called survivors, not victims. Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:49:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/blogs/ombudsman/2011/11/29/142868660/what-were-reading-more-on-child-rape-and-describing-the-unspeakable?ft=1&f=135010993 http://www.npr.org/blogs/ombudsman/2011/11/29/142868660/what-were-reading-more-on-child-rape-and-describing-the-unspeakable?ft=1&f=135010993 Readers reacted thoughtfully to last week's column on the challenge of reporting the sexual abuse— specifically, rape—of children. A study by the Berkeley Media Studies Group makes some valuable related findings. A doctor, meanwhile, recommends that the children be called survivors, not victims.

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]]> Should the Media Identify Rape Accusers? A Look Back at NPR's Strauss-Kahn Coverage NPR's coverage of the Strauss-Kahn case was restrained, but begs a broader discussion. Should the news media identify alleged rape victims and is the public treatment of prisoners right? Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:44:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/ombudsman/2011/07/06/137647312/should-the-media-identify-rape-accusers-a-look-back-at-npr-s-strauss-kahn-covera?ft=1&f=135010993 http://www.npr.org/blogs/ombudsman/2011/07/06/137647312/should-the-media-identify-rape-accusers-a-look-back-at-npr-s-strauss-kahn-covera?ft=1&f=135010993 NPR's coverage of the Strauss-Kahn case was restrained, but begs a broader discussion. Should the news media identify alleged rape victims and is the public treatment of prisoners right?

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