Opinion: Trolling Is Taking a Toll on Science Journalism

Image: Vector illustration of an angry emoticon amongst a pile of thumbs up. Image credit: VladSt / Getty. Opinion article by Lisa Palmer & Silvio Waisbord. Undark – May 5, 2022.

For the past several years, we’ve watched with rising concern as journalists in the United States and abroad have been increasingly subjected to online harassment. As journalism professors specializing in science reporting and violence against the press at George Washington University, we have researched, observed, and written about the rising trend in anti-press attacks through email, instant messages, social media, and other digital channels. […]

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