![]() “I wanted to see that the corporation showed that we were engaged,” she says, “and any sort of armour that we could prepare the reporters with, the better.” In spring 2015, Brenda Murray, a senior producer at CBC in Toronto, was worried about how often FHRITP would happen during the summer, when live hits in the middle of crowds are more frequent because of the warmer weather and greater number of outdoor events. The only way it will stop is to educate people-especially young men-about why demeaning women is not okay, but one of the recommendations may actually get in the way of that. These guidelines are a good first step, but nothing newsrooms can do will be enough to control outsiders’ behaviour and prevent verbal sexual assault. CBC has responded by providing a list of recommendations for how its reporters should handle sexual harassment in the field. But menacing, sexually-charged intrusions can be particularly distracting and upsetting for TV reporters, not to mention offensive to viewers. ![]() People have always shouted and waved in front of television cameras-it’s impossible to make sure live hits are never interrupted. And, in this case, you’re disrespecting someone who has survived sexual assault.” “You’re disrespecting and harming me as an individual. Stark wrote in an April 2015 Storify post. “When you invade my space, grab my mike and yell that, you’re not just disrespecting my space as a working journalist,” the Calgary Herald’s Erika M. Many reporters, male and female, have also spoken out about how it feels to be subjected to FHRITP. “Not just a catchphrase, but more of a taunt suggesting that the men around me, instead of talking to me, should be, you know, raping me.” ![]() ![]() “It felt personal,” Birkbeck wrote in a cbc.ca op-ed. That crisp day in November 2014 was the first time this had happened to her, but before long, being the target of the phrase-known as FHRITP and based on a YouTube video of a prank-became an all-too-common experience for Birkbeck and many other reporters. A young bearded man wearing a baseball cap, sunglasses and black hoodie approached, stared straight into the lens and yelled, “Fuck her right in the pussy!”įive seconds later, another man, also dressed in black, jumped into the frame and repeated the vulgarity. What happened next would leave her feeling violated. CBC Montreal reporter Tanya Birkbeck was operating her own camera and interviewing a jersey-clad football fan in front of the Percival Molson Memorial Stadium in downtown Montreal. ![]()
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