Catalan journalists launch a 'Me Too' campaign denouncing the abuses they have suffered at work for years

The ‘Me Too’ movement of Catalan journalists has begun. The accusation made this week on the CRÍTIC podcast by Ana Polo, accusing Quim Morales of sexual assault when he was her boss, has generated a wave of accusations from Catalan journalists explaining on social media cases of assaults, harassment and sexist attitudes experienced in the Catalan media. A few weeks ago, at the Observatory of Sexist Violence at Mèdia.cat we published a report spe…

A report examines gender-based violence in newsrooms and points out that 21% of victims left the media outlet they worked for. In 4 out of 10 cases, no form of support was received and even hostile responses were received. Mèdia.cat, the Critical Media Observatory promoted by the Ramon Barnils Group of Journalists, has published the report ‘Gender-based violence against journalists. How it impacts women in the profession and conditions the pract…

Several Catalan journalists have begun to denounce the abuse they have suffered in the newsrooms by their bosses and colleagues, all of whom are men. A Me Too in which they denounce sexual assaults, psychological abuse, intimidation, emotional blackmail and abuse of power, among other things. Some of the reported assaults happened a few years ago and now the journalists have broken their silence. And, as time goes on, more and more professionals…