Show notes
Dr. Sandie Morgan and Dave Stachowiak discuss new guidelines released by the U.S. Department of State for effective public awareness and outreach efforts for human trafficking. In order to have ethical practices to empower victims, we must be vigilant in how we frame our media messages. Sandie emphasizes three central ideas from the guidelines that are necessary for ethical public awareness and outreach.
Key Points
A central idea to take away from the new guidelines is to avoid conflated statistics and instead, use sources with reliable statistics that better demonstrate the bigger picture.
Another key idea is to frame our messaging in a thoughtful way that avoids promoting misconceptions about human trafficking.
Additionally, we must choose images that properly represent the story, are more in line with accurate statistics, and do not sensationalize survivors' experiences.
Overall, we need to make sure that we understand what a victim-centered, trauma-informed message looks like. It's going to be empowering and avoid re-traumatization.
Resources
Public Awareness and Outreach Guide
International Labour Organization
Attorney General's Trafficking in Persons Report
Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report
Research Initiative to End Slavery
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Transcript
Dave [00:00:00] You're listening to the ending human trafficking podcast. This is episode number 226 - Media Ethics: Where Do You Draw the Line?
Production Credits [00:00:09] Produced by Innovate Learning, Maximizing Human Potential.
Dave [00:00:29] Welcome to the Ending Human Trafficking podcast. My name is Dave Stachowiak.
Sandie [00:00:35] And my name is Sandie Morgan.
Dave [00:00:37] And this is the show where we empower you to study the issues, be a voice, and make a difference in ending human trafficking. Sandie, today a conversation about media ethics and where we draw the line. And this is a conversation we've had many times in different contexts, of course, of the show. But there's some new materials available that we wanted to dive in on.
Sandie [00:01:03] Yes, and I'm excited to bring to your attention a new guideline that has been released by our Department of State Office on Trafficking in Persons. First, though, I'd like to respond to some text messages, emails, and social media increase about how is the Global Center for Women and Justice doing during COVID-19? And to respond to that, I just want everyone to know we are working remotely. And Dave and I are recording this remotely. He's in his stay at home secure place and I'm in mine. And the biggest thing that people can do is to continue to support the work. Our work continues even in COVID-19. We continue to work remotely. We're still working with task forces and survivors who are pursuing their education now entirely online. So, if you wanted to do something, please give. And you can go to www.gcwj.org and hit the donate button. That's how you can help us during COVID-19.
Dave [00:02:26] We have many people in our community that do support not only this show, but perhaps more importantly, support the work of the center and all the work you've done Sandie over the years through the Global Center for Women and Justice. So, thank you if you have been one of those supporters. And to reinforce what Sandie said, we are very blessed, we have a wonderful team, we have wonderful volunteers already. We're not seeking more help in that way. You can certainly continue to give, though, or perhaps give for the first time if you have not before. That'll continue to support our work and support Sandie's work and ...