# Gender Equality ## [Women Journalists and Online Harassment **(Apr. 2018)**](https://mediaengagement.org/research/women-journalists/) **GINA MASULLO, PAROMITA PAIN, VICTORIA CHEN, MADLIN MEKELBURG, NINA SPRINGER, FRANZISKA TROGER - The University of Texas at Austin, Center for Media Engagement** Women journalists face the threat of online harassment as they do their jobs of trying to engage with their audience over social media. This harassment can be different from what male journalists face because it can target women based on their gender or sexuality. This harassment– vitriolic sexist attacks or inappropriately sexual barbs – mirrors the experiences of many women in general online. This research by the University of Texas at Austin, Center for Media Engagement sought to understand how professional journalists at print, broadcast, and web-only publications deal with this harassment and what influence it has on their ability to do their jobs, which increasingly require engagement with the public. {% embed url="" %} --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://impact.gfmd.info/resources/academic-studies-papers/gender-equality.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.