Hateful Messages Are an Occupational Hazard of Journalism
For journalists, being hated is part of the job.
People will hate things you write, and they’ll tell you. They’ll hate the media in general, and they’ll let you know. They may hate you for your race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation; thanks to the visibility that comes with the job, you’ll hear about that, too. In the age of email and social media, it seems like more than ever, hateful messages are the cost of doing business, in the news business.
Five staffers at the in Annapolis were killed on Thursday by a shooter with a longstanding grudge against the newspaper. The man had been harassing the paper and its employees since 2011, and he had also personally threatened the former editor and publisher, Thomas Marquardt, Marquardt told Green he wasn’t surprised when he
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