Loni Cooper | Uncovered

Loni Cooper is the editor of Uncovered and a journalist with more than ten years' experience in radio and television. She has spent the past three years working as a researcher on ABCTV's Media Watch and is currently a freelance producer and presenter with ABC NewsRadio. Her work has been published in the Sydney Morning Herald , New Matilda and the Prague Post .

Articles

Opinion

Domestic Violence

Family Violence

Media

Herald Sun: try joining the dots on family violence and homelessness

While the Herald Sun has revived its ‘Take A Stand’ campaign, the paper’s demonisation of Melbourne’s homeless population undermines its position on family violence.

News

Domestic Violence

Domestic violence: A big news story this Christmas

While the news slows over summer, domestic violence certainly doesn't - something reporters should keep in mind.

Feature

Family Violence

Violence against Aboriginal women in the media: Does Warren Mundine have a point?

Warren Mundine has been taken to task over his claims that "Indigenous people, progressives and feminists" have been silent about Indigenous violence. But what about the media?

News

Domestic Violence

Is 'Victoria's disgrace' slipping off the media's agenda?

Six months on from the Royal Commission into Family Violence, we ask: is the issue still a priority for the Victorian media?

Opinion

Sex work and demeaning language: can we drop it?

The Sydney Morning Herald and the Daily Telegraph are sending readers mixed messages by sensationalising a young Sydney woman’s drug conviction.

Opinion

Domestic Violence

DV in the Daily Telegraph: one step forward, two steps back

Why is the Daily Telegraph publishing inflammatory and unsubstantiated claims about domestic violence?

Feature

Prostitute, and other dirty words

Should journalists and editors be rethinking the language they use to describe women working in the sex industry?

Feature

Survivors

Survivors of violence: the dos and don'ts of reporting their stories

Journalists aren't always great at telling the stories of survivors - a lesson I learnt the hard way. We asked three women what reporters could and should be doing to get it right.

News

Media

Violence Against Women

Entries open for Our Watch Awards

The second annual Our Watch awards, which recognise exceptional reporting on violence against women, are now open for entry.

News

Media

Violence Against Women

Room for improvement: the Australian media's reporting of violence against women

There's more work to be done by the Australian media in the reporting of violence against women, according to a landmark study released today.

Video

Fiona McCormack, CEO of Domestic Violence Victoria

The impact of journalism on violence against women

DV Vic's Fiona McCormack discusses the impact of the media on violence against women, and has some advice for journalists.

Feature

Domestic Violence

Perpetrators

A perpetrator's story - but not the whole story

We're beginning to hear from domestic violence perpetrators about the abuse they commit, and why. These are important stories - but how should journalists be telling them?

Video

Domestic Violence

Sarah Ferguson, journalist and host of ABCTV’s Four Corner.

Award-winning journalist Sarah Ferguson on the challenges of domestic violence reporting

Sarah Ferguson, host of ABCTV’s Four Corners, spent six months last year making a two-part documentary about domestic violence, Hitting Home, which aired on the ABC last November. She told Uncovered about the challenges of reporting on the issue.

Feature

Domestic Violence

Domestic violence: do we really get the picture?

Finding appropriate images to represent the horror of domestic violence isn’t easy.

Feature

Domestic Violence

Geoff Hunt. Source: The Weekend Australian

'But he's such a good guy...'

By including the sentiments of friends and family members in news reports of domestic violence incidents, are we minimising the actions of perpetrators?

Uncovered: Who we are and why we're here

By Loni Cooper

It was the story we didn’t know how to tell. Day after day we’d ignore the callouts we heard over the police scanner. There were too many to count, anyway, and it wasn’t really anything for us to worry about. After all, violence against women was a private matter, no-one else’s business - not even a journalist’s.