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

Wed Jun 8 21:04:21 PDT 2011

I'll be taking transit from Burnaby, so Metrotown, Commercial/Broadway,
Main, Lougheed...any place that easy to reach by skytrain/bus would be
ideal.

Jenny

On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 6:54 PM, Joanna Chiu <chiu.joanna5 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Great, want to meet in the afternoon then? I'll be free after 3 pm. What
> neighbourhoods would be convenient for both of you to meet? I'll be around
> Kits, Broadway, Main St., Commercial, Lougheed...
>
> Joanna
>
> On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 7:47 PM, Jenny Tsundu <jenny.tsundu at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>> *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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