On Finding Sources and Navigating the Bureaucracy
Robin Colbert
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Robin Colbert is the Associate Director of the North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault. She also serves on the North Carolina Coalition Against Human Trafficking’s (NCCAHT) Training & Education Committee and is a member of the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Social Work Project NO REST (North Carolina Organizing and Responding to the Exploitation and Sexual Trafficking of Children).
Subject matter includes: Sex Trafficking, Human trafficking,Child sex trafficking, Child trafficking, Media, News, Journalism, Reporting, Protocol, Government Federal State, Survivors, Victims, Misrepresentation, Stereotype, interviews
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On the Legal Needs of Victims and Language in Media
Dorchen Leidholdt
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Subject matter includes: Sex Trafficking, Human trafficking, News, Journalism, Reporting, Protocol, Legal, Advocacy, Sex Work, Survivors, interviews.
Dorchen Leidholdt has been a leader in the movement against violence against women since the 1970’s. As the Director of the Center for Battered Women’s Legal Services at Sanctuary for Families, she leads the largest legal services program for victims of domestic violence and human trafficking.In the audio interview above, Leidholdt describes the wide variety of legal needs that victims of trafficking may have.
Leidholdt addresses journalists directly in the clip below, and speaks about the origin of the term “sex work.” She advises against using the terms “sex worker” or “prostitute” and suggests the phrases “victim of trafficking” or “prostituted person” are more accurate. Subject matter includes: Sex Trafficking, Human trafficking, News, Journalism, Reporting, Protocol, Advocacy, Sex Work, Survivors, Victims, Research, Police, Interviews.
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On Police Sources and Reporting About Victims
Donna Bickford
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Subject matter includes: Child sex trafficking, Child trafficking, News, Journalism, Reporting, Protocol, Advocacy, Sex Work, Survivors, Victims, Research, Police, Interviews.
Donna Bickford is the Director of the Women’s and Gender Resource Center at Dickinson College and the former Director of the Carolina Women’s Center at UNC Chapel Hill. She helped create the North Carolina Coalition Against Human Trafficking with the North Carolina Attorney General’s office.
She has helped create training for law enforcement officers to recognize human trafficking and in this interview, talks about how trained officers change their view of trafficked people from that of criminals to victims. |
Avoiding Stereotypes and Stigma in Stories About Trafficked Minors
Abigail English
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Subject matter includes: Child sex trafficking, Child trafficking, Journalism, Reporting, Victims, Misrepresentation, Stereotype, Research, Public Health.
Abigail English is the Director of the Center for Adolescent Health & the Law, which she co-founded. She is a lawyer, researcher, and advocate for the rights of vulnerable young people — including survivors of child sex trafficking.
She says journalists should be aware of labels used to identify trafficked people and talks about human trafficking’s significant health implications. |
