#MoreThanMean: The online harassment of women sports writers

#MoreThanMean: The online harassment of women sports writers

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Watch REAL guys read REAL comments made about sports reporters Sarah Spain and Julie DiCaro – to their face. These fans learn some tweets are #MoreThanMean – they’re harassment. Share this w/ hashtag #MoreThanMean to increase awareness about harassment of women in sports.

For more, hear an extended Just Not Sports podcast on the topic with columnist/broadcaster Julie DiCaro and Sports on Earth’s NFL writer Andrea Hangst. Find it on iTunes, Twitter (@JustNotSports) or on SoundCloud here: https://soundcloud.com/justnotsports; Credit: Just Not Sports (via YouTube)

The Internet can be a pretty hateful space. A place for trolls to hurl hateful words at all sorts of people… Especially women who report on sports. A new public service announcement titled hashtag More Than Mean aims to show just how ugly it can get. In the video - several male sports fans read out real-life tweets about two women sports reporters TO the women themselves… You can watch the video above, but a warning - the language got a bit rough.

Take Two’s Alex Cohen was joined by the man who produced that video - Brad Burke is a sports market writer with the “Just Not Sports” show.

Audio coming soon