Level Up, a feminist organization in the
UK, has published guidelines for the press on improving how domestic violence
is reported. These guidelines broadly apply to any reporting of gender-based violence.
You can use the following guidelines to evaluate news articles about domestic violence.
You can use the following guidelines to evaluate news articles about domestic violence.
Accountability: does the article place responsibility solely on perpetrators of violence?
Accuracy: does it accurately name the crime as domestic violence?
Dignity: does it avoid sensationalizing language, invasive or graphic
details.
Equality: does it avoid insensitive or trivializing language or images. Does it use words and images that emphasize
the seriousness and danger of domestic violence.
Images: does it avoid using stock images that reinforce myths about domestic violence. Does it use images that reveal the personhood of those who experience violence.
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