Since the start of the #MeToo movement in October 2017, also in the German-speaking area, numerous cases of sexualised violence and abuse of power have become known. Just like in the case of Harvey Weinstein, it is often journalists who disclose these cases to the public after their thorough research. What does pretrial publicity entail? Why is #MeToo coverage so controversial from a legal point of view? What are the special challenges of an investigation in our own industry?
Laurin Lorenz
Deputy head of Austrian daily newspaper Standard’s news team, Vienna
Salome Müller
Journalist for the Swiss edition of weekly newspaper ZEIT, Zurich
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Julia Schafferhofer
Editor for Culture & Media, Austrian daily newspaper Kleine Zeitung, Columna V, Vienna