[Wamvan] Help with article research for sexual assault rates for Vancouver?

Tue Jun 7 18:47:28 PDT 2011

I'm free all day on Sunday as well.

On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Katie Raso <kar4 at sfu.ca> wrote:

> Hi again;
>
> Sunday is best for me, if possible.
>
> k
>
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> *From: *"Joanna Chiu" <chiu.joanna5 at gmail.com>
> *To: *wamvan at lists.resist.ca
> *Cc: *"Katie Raso" <kar4 at sfu.ca>, "Katie Nordgren" <tweak23 at gmail.com>
> *Sent: *Tuesday, 7 June, 2011 14:16:38
> *Subject: *Re: [Wamvan] Help with article research for sexual assault
> rates for Vancouver?
>
>
> That's fabulous!
>
> Thanks for the replies, Katie and Jenny. Would you like to set up a time to
> meet in person to decide on the focus of the article, where we'd like to
> pitch it, and divvy up writing/research responsibilities? We could probably
> get the article ready pretty quickly with three of us working together.
>
> Natalie, and everyone else on this list, are you interested in contributing
> as well?
>
> This week, I'm free on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday to meet up. I'm open
> to talking on skype as well if it won't be possible to match up our
> schedules, but talking in person would probably be better.
>
> Joanna
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 2:25 PM, Jenny Tsundu <jenny.tsundu at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi Joanna, and fellow WAM! members-
>>
>> Sounds like this could be a really interesting and important story. I'd
>> love to help anyone look into this.
>>
>> For those of you who don't know me yet, my name is Jenny and I've been the
>> coordinator of the Investigative Team at the Ubyssey (UBC's student paper)
>> for the past year. Joanna actually helped me get my start in journalism in
>> my first year at UBC, when she was coordinator of the Investigative
>> Team, and I was a member.
>>
>> I was at the WAM! Conference in March, and have been following these
>> threads with great interest for the past few months. I'm nowhere near as
>> familiar with some of these issues as some of you are though, and would love
>> to collaborate with anyone else on this story!
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Jenny
>> On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 12:28 PM, Joanna Chiu <chiu.joanna5 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Is anyone interested in writing this article or co-authoring it with me?
>>> I'm already behind on a couple of stories, and I won't be able to get this
>>> out in a timely manner on my own.
>>>
>>> If you are interested in writing the article youself, I could help with
>>> research, pitching, and getting interviews.
>>>
>>> Let me know!
>>>
>>> Joanna
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 10:18 AM, Natalie Hill <nhill10 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Here is a story CBC did when the 2009 crime stats were released (in
>>>> January 2010).  They actually reference the spike in sexual assaults in the
>>>> lead.  I found print coverage of this story to be better this way, while TV
>>>> and radio coverage was abysmal (mostly about how "all violent crime was
>>>> down").  Unable to find any of the latter at this time.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/01/20/bc-vancouver-2009-crime-statistics.html
>>>>
>>>> I've also attached the document from the VPD website on 2010 crime stats
>>>> (released earlier this year).  Interestingly, when you look up the press
>>>> release and document for the 2009 crime rates on the VPD website (the report
>>>> that shows a 20% increase), it comes up in illegible internet-coding mumble
>>>> jumble (or at least it is for me on this computer).  Not formulating a
>>>> conspiracy theory about it or anything.... just sayin'.
>>>>
>>>> Here is a link to another release/report they did sexual assaults
>>>> specifically, September 2010:
>>>>
>>>> http://vpdreleases.icontext.com/2010/09/27/sexual-assault-statistics-report/.
>>>> Report in full is also attached.  This report attempts to accurately reflect
>>>> actually occurring rates of sexual assault (rather than just the reported
>>>> ones) - I don't understand how this is impossible.  It also gives a summary
>>>> of very small increases in sexual assault from 2008 to 2010 (it says the
>>>> "bottom line: up 6%/9%"), but if you read the report in full, sexual
>>>> assaults went up 40%, even 50% in some areas of Vancouver (DTES and
>>>> Kits/Fairview respectively).
>>>>
>>>> It would be Interesting to find out how many sexual offences are hidden
>>>> by being lumped into the category of the more "serious" offence (like
>>>> robbery or murder).  From what I understand rapes and sexual assaults often
>>>> go unrecorded when police and the legal system put another crime as
>>>> priority.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 3:43 AM, Joanna Chiu <chiu.joanna5 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>  Hi everyone,
>>>>>
>>>>> I've heard that the latest crime report shows that rates of sexual
>>>>> assault in Vancouver have increased more than 20% but after Googling, I
>>>>> can't find any articles on the subject. Has anyone seen anything on the rise
>>>>> in sexual assault in Vancouver?
>>>>>
>>>>> Someone has also mentioned to me that the media has downplayed the rise
>>>>> in sexual assault by reporting that "major crimes" have gone down in
>>>>> Vancouver (not counting rape as a major crime). Any examples of particularly
>>>>> bad media coverage?
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm hoping to write a media critique.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>> Joanna
>>>>>
>>>>>
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