and he’d been receiving threatening messages online. So it’s not just journalism, and it’s not just Reach; it goes into our public spheres and society as a whole.
Not all of it is as extreme as that in terms of volume or number. But we are also seeing journalists, on a daily basis, being told they’re worth rubbish, why don’t they go and get another job somewhere else. That kind of thing, being undermined and demoralized on a daily basis. It goes from one extreme to the other.
In a case recently, where there were very indirect threats being made on a social media platform, it was really difficult to know who they were coming from. We ended up having our security people involved with that so that they could support that journalist. As part of that, we need to work out good systems so that people can report easily and so that we can then help them be heard within the organization. Reach has got some really good policies and procedures in place but part of my role is going to be making sure that they are up to scratch.I’m really glad that I’ve come into a company that is interested in diversity and inclusion, and that has thought enough about this to actually have policy and procedure in place.