There's an important bit of journalism ethics here: do your best to minimize harm. This means taking a trauma-informed approach, not rushing the story and shoving survivors into the worst, period, hell, period before they're ready, and it means getting it right the FIRST time, not later

April 11, 2026 - 04:01 UTC

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If a reporter doesn't have the resources, patience, the PERMISSION (i.e.: a source willing to go on record), the legal backing, the whatever they need to tell the story right, with empathy for the survivors, and with enough details to nail that sucker to a wall, then they aren't going to pursue it
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It's about trust. Building trust, maintaining it. It's the only way we can do this job. If sources aren't ready to go on record, then that's that. You don't just dump that info into a rumor mill, lol. Any journalist worth their salt would sooner go to jail than break that confidentiality
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The journalist reporting here 👇🏼 on Russian armed forces’ sexual violence in Ukraine makes many of the same points about journalistic ethics: doing no harm, trauma-informed approach, and developing (and honouring) trust. Journalism as a profession, not a shitpost.
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